BACKGROUND The detection of asymptomatic bacteriuria in preadolescent girls may be important due to its effects on subsequent pregnancies. OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in preadolescent girls and the value of the nitrite test for screening. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cross-sectional study in girls aged 9 to 13 years. Bacteriuria was defined as the growth of > 10...

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in pregnancy is associated with obstetric complications including preeclampsia, pyelonephritis, preterm labour, low birth weight and prematurity. Determining the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women locally is needed to justify routine screening for ASB in pregnancy. This cross sectional, case controlled study examined 440 women comprising e...

dipstick testing cannot lower the post-test probability sufficiently to exclude urinary tract infection if a patient presents with one or more symptoms. Urine culture, however, has a value beyond confirming the diagnosis in that it can also direct treatment, on the basis of results of tests for antimicrobial susceptibility. The table summarises the findings of two systematic reviews. When featu...

BACKGROUND Patients with sickle cell disease have an amplified vulnerability to urinary tract infection, because of abnormally dilute and alkaline urine, which favors bacterial proliferation. This is due to altered blood flow in the renal vasculature, which causes papillary necrosis and loss of urinary concentrating and acidifying ability of the nephrons. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is common, but...

Urinary tract infection ( UTI) is a common disease , which may occur as Asymptomatic in both sexes at any age. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women can particularly cause problems for both mother and her fetus. Therefore in this study 950 pregnant women who have been referred to Tabriz university and private, gynaecology clinics for routine pregnancy cares, and had no sign s of UTI were s...

In this position paper, we review definitions related to this subject and the corresponding literature. Our recommendations include the following statements. Asymptomatic bacteriuria, asymptomatic leukocyturia, urine discolouration, odd smell or positive nitrite sediments are not an indication for antimicrobial treatment. Antimicrobial treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria does not prevent peri...

Bacteriuria, or the presence of bacteria in urine, is associated with both asymptomatic and symptomatic urinary tract infection and underpins much of the dynamic of microbial colonization of the urinary tract. The prevalence of bacteriuria in dissimilar patient groups such as healthy adults, institutionalized elderly, pregnant women, and immune-compromised patients varies widely. In addition, a...

By use of pulse-field gel electrophoresis, we evaluated the molecular identity of 32 Escherichia coli isolates obtained in 2 consecutive urine cultures from 16 patients as part of a large study of asymptomatic bacteriuria in diabetic women and found different E. coli isolates in 7 of 16 patients, meaning that nearly half (44%) of the patients who had been previously classified as having asympto...

Urinary tract infection is mainly a disease of the females, due to the anatomical structure of the female urethra (Shruthi et al., 2012; Lavanya et al., 2002). There are 2 types of urinary tract infection (UTI). They are asymptomatic and symptomatic urinary tract infection (Sujatha et al., 2004; Jeyaseelan et al., 2013; Annie et al., 2014). The definition of asymptomatic bacteriuria is the occu...