BACKGROUND Urinary tract infection in pregnancy leads to poor pregnancy outcome. Diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria markedly improves pregnancy outcome as well as reduce the incidence of acute pyelonephritis. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and bacteriology of asymptomatic bacteriuria among Antenatal patients in our centre, and to know if routine screening will be justi...

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is presence of bacteria in urine without causing any symptoms. As symptoms do not manifest, this entity goes undetected. But in case of pregnanacy this condition poses a serious threat to the mother and fetus. Though screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria has been rising as a part of standard obstetric care in these days, still much more importance is not given fo...

Patrick (1967) reported that some women with asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy had infected amniotic fluid at term. Furthermore, bacterial infection was detected in umbilical vein blood, the placenta, and the urinary tract of infants born to mothers with urinary tract infection. During a survey to assess the incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in a population of pregnant New Zealand w...

BACKGROUND Asymptomatic bacteriuria is common among women with diabetes, and the treatment of such infections has been recommended to prevent complications related to symptomatic urinary tract infection. METHODS We enrolled women (>16 years of age) with diabetes, bacteriuria (> or =105 colony-forming units of an organism per milliliter in cultures of two consecutive urine specimens), and no u...

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is benign except in certain medical conditions such as pregnancy and immunosuppression. In Ghana, there are hardly any studies on urinary infections among sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, and the few studies carried out in Africa focused on pediatric SCD populations. The current study aimed to investigate the risk of ASB among SCD patients at a tertiary hospita...

BACKGROUND The international guidelines recommend the administration of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) as Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis for six months after transplantation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of TMP-SMX prophylaxis on the occurrence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) and urinary tract infections (UTIs) as cystitis and allograft pyelon...

BACKGROUND Antibiotic overuse causes antibiotic resistance, one of the most important threats to human health. Older adults, particularly those in nursing homes, often receive antibiotics when they are not indicated. METHODS To understand knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of nursing home (NH) nurses and community-dwelling older adults towards antibiotic use, especially in clinical situation...

BACKGROUND Despite evidence against the use of antimicrobials for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB), they are frequently prescribed leading to unnecessary adverse events. Prior studies have shown that reducing unnecessary urine cultures (UCs) results in decreased antimicrobial utilisation for ASB. Emergency departments (EDs) submit the largest volume of UCs, yet efforts to limit overordering in th...