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...

AS LONG ago as 1881, Roberts drew attention to the existence )AI of asymptomatic bacteriuria and postulated that this condition might prove to be a forerunner offrank urinary tract infection. Dodds (1931) suggested that this condition had particular significance in pregnancy, though Baird (1936) whilst agreeing that symptomless urinary infection occurred in pregnancy was unimpressed both by its...

Purpose To evaluate the rate of pyuria and bacteriuria after transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT). Materials and Methods We retrospectively evaluated data obtained from 363 patients who underwent TURBT between October 2012 and December 2013 at Seoul National University Hospital. Urinalysis and urine culture were assessed at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months postoperatively. Primary endpoint...

In this retrospective cohort study, patients who had Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia but who lacked signs and symptoms of urinary tract infection due to S. aureus and who did not have an indwelling urinary catheter had a likelihood of S. aureus bacteriuria of 2.5% (2 of 79 patients). Therefore, we strongly question the theory that S. aureus bacteremia causes S. aureus bacteriuria.

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...

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...

Urine was cultured from 51 healthy preterm babies. If the initial bag specimen grew more than 50 000 organisms/ml, a second bag specimen was cultured. After two positive bag specimens a suprapubic urine was cultured. Significant bacteriuria was excluded on the basis of one or two bag specimens in 90% of the babies. Suprapubic urine was sterile in a further 11 babies. Four babies with positive b...

INTRODUCTION Asymptomatic bacteriuria, the presence of bacteria in urine without symptoms of acute urinary tract infection, predisposes pregnant women to the development of urinary tract infections and pyelonephritis, with an attendant pregnancy related complications. OBJECTIVE To measure the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among ante-natal clients at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in ...

Objective To determine whether antibiotic prophylaxis at the time of removal of a urinary catheter reduces the risk of subsequent symptomatic urinary tract infection. Design Systematic review andmeta-analysis of studies published before November 2012 identified through PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library; conference abstracts for 2006-12 were also reviewed. Inclusion criteria Studi...

Newcastle Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Research Group (1975). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 50, 90. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in schoolchildren in Newcastle upon Tyne. A screening survey for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in 13 464 schoolgirls aged 4 to 18 years in Newcastle upon Tyne showed an overall prevalence of 1 *9%. In girls aged 4 to 6 years it was 1 4%, in girls aged 7 to 11 years it wa...