Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a common occurrence and are a unique pathology as they have a variable presentation [1]. The principal presentations include asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB), acute cystitis, and pyelonephritis [2]. The focus of this review was on asymptomatic bacteriuria. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is defined as the presence of bacteria in urine without any symptoms of a urinary ...

Asymptomatic bacteriuria is common. Populations with structural or functional abnormalities of the genitourinary tract may have an exceedingly high prevalence of bacteriuria, but even healthy individuals frequently have positive urine cultures. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is seldom associated with adverse outcomes. Pregnant women and individuals who are to undergo traumatic genitourinary intervent...

Asymptomatic bacteriuria is defined as the presence of more than 100000 colonies of a single bacterial species per milliliter of urine, cultured from midstream sample in the absence of declared symptoms. 1 Asymptomatic bacteriuria is common in women and increases in prevalence with age and/or sexual activity. 2 The prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy varies form 4-7% (range 2-11...

No prospective data exist on the risk of microbiologically confirmed urinary tract infection (UTI) and asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) in relation to diabetes mellitus and its characteristics. The authors prospectively (1998-2002) followed 218 diabetic and 799 nondiabetic Washington State women aged 55-75 years for UTI and AB. The baseline examination and two annual follow-up examinations include...

Urinary tract infection (UTI), which may be symptomatic or asymptomatic, is one of the most common bacterial infections requiring medical treatment during pregnancy.1 Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) affects 2-10% of pregnant women, depending on the patient population. If left untreated, as many as 30-50% will develop symptomatic UTI, often in the form of pyelonephritis.2 The hormonal and mechani...

INTRODUCTION The role of antibiotic prophylaxis for routine flexible cystoscopy (FC) is not clear due to the varying practices of individual clinicians. There are no formal guidelines, and this may be due to a lack of formal summary of the data. METHODS A systematic review was conducted in April 2014 including all randomised control trials on prophylactic antibiotic use for FC. The main outco...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors related to asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) in pregnant women. MATERIAL AND METHOD Three hundred and sixty asymptomatic pregnant women who attended their first antenatal appointment at Rajavithi Hospital from August 1 and October 31 2005 were enrolled. Those with symptoms of urinary tract infection within one month, those who had been prescribed antibioti...