AIMS To determine antibacterial activity of Ocimum suave essential oils against bacterial uropathogens. STUDY DESIGN A cross sectional and experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Six selected hospitals in Bushenyi District, Uganda between June 2012 and July 2013. METHODOLOGY Clean catch midstream urine samples were collected and inoculated on Cystine Lysine Electrolyte Deficient (...

pregnant women are at increased risk for urinary tract infection (uti) but in many cases infection is asymptomatic. this study was performed to determine the incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and pyuria in pregnant women. a total of 86 pregnant women during first trimester and 56 nonpregnant women were evaluated. all subjects were clinically identified to have no signs and symptoms of uti. ...

background: urinary tract infection (uti) is considered as the most common bacterial infectious disease seen among the pediatric patients. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial uropathogens isolated from the pediatric patients with urinary tract infections. methods: this descriptive study was conducted in children medial center, te...

INTRODUCTION In women with suspected urinary tract infection (UTI), a non-contaminated voided specimen is considered important for valid urinalysis and culture results. We assess whether midstream parted-labia catch (MSPC) instructions were provided by nurses, understood, and performed correctly, according to the patient. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of English- and Spanish-s...

INTRODUCTION. This study was conducted to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of pyuria detection in centrifuged urine samples of patients on hemodialysis, and its relationship with urinary tract infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Clean-catch midstream urine samples of 90 hemodialysis patients (34 women and 56 men) were obtained and divided into two parts for examination of urine sediment a...

OBJECTIVE To study the accuracy and clinical application of the dipstick leukocyte esterase test in the detection of pyuria in young febrile children suspected to have urinary tract infection. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Urine samples were taken from 215 children younger than 2 years who were suspected to have urinary tract infection (fever wit...

In order to compare the performance of leukocyte esterase and nitrite urine dipstick tests with enhanced urinalysis (uncentrifuged urine white blood cell count/mm(3) plus Gram stain) in detecting asymptomatic bacteriuria in obstetric patients, clean-catch midstream urine specimens were collected from 250 consecutive asymptomatic pregnant women. Ten of the women (4.0%) showed urine culture resul...

Background: Gold standard for the diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTIs) is urine culture, but it takes longer bacterial growth on culture media. Leukocyte esterase a simple strip testing sample, so less time in diagnosing cases UTI. Objective: To determine diagnostic accuracy leukocyte detection infection children taking as gold standard. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study...