background: asymptomatic bacteriuria (asb) is common among women with diabetes. the aim of this study was determine the prevalence of and risk factors for asb in women with diabetes type 2 in shahre-kord city of iran. methods: in a six months period (april- september 2005), a total of 100 women with diabetes (type 2) and 100 healthy women without diabetes as control group were investigated for ...

BACKGROUND Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with spinal cord injury and 22% of patients with acute spinal cord injury develop UTI during the first 50 days. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, etiologic agents and risk factors for asymptomatic bacteriuria and symptomatic urinary tract infections in patient...

A method of testing for bacteriuria with multiple reagent strips for blood, nitrite, and leucocyte esterase was evaluated. Of 669 urine specimens tested, 267 were negative on the reagent strips and so would ordinarily be discarded, creating a reduction in the workload of culturing urine specimens of 40%. Thirteen of these were false negative results, however, which represented 10% of all the sa...

Urinary tract infections frequently affect pregnant mothers. This problem causes significant morbidity and healthcare expenditure. Three common clinical manifestations of UTIs in pregnancy are: asymptomatic bacteriuria, acute cystitis and acute pyelonephritis. Escherichia coli remains the most frequent organism isolated in UTIs. All pregnant mothers should be screened for UTIs in pregnancy and ...

Asymptomatic bacteriuria or candiduria No symptoms of UTI E. coli, K. pneumoniae, other Enterobactericeae, Enterococcus spp., Candida Treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria is generally not recommended. Pyuria alone is not an indication for treatment. If a urethral catheter is in place, removal is recommended. Treatment is recommended in the following settings: pregnancy, prior to traumatic geni...