Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is diagnosed by the presence of a 10*5 colony-forming units (CFU) in urine without any urinary symptoms. It commonly occurs pregnancy with incidence ranging from 2-10%. poses risk progressing into pyelonephritis pregnancy. Adverse fetal outcomes include preterm labor, neonatal sepsis, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and death. Anatomical physiological chang...

Nosocomial urinary tract infection, a common complication in surgical patients, is primarily related to the use of indwelling urinary catheters. Discontinuation of catheter usage within 2 days, whenever possible, is the cornerstone to avoiding these infections. Patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria may be treated with catheter removal only, and do not necessarily require antibiotic therapy. Pa...

Asymptomatic bacteriuria occurs in 4 to 7 percent of pregnancies and is associated with the development of acute pyelonephritis, preterm labor and low-birth-weight infants. Treatment of bacteriuria prevents up to 80 percent of cases of pyelonephritis and reduces the risk of preterm delivery. All women should be screened for bacteriuria by a urine culture at the first prenatal visit. Women with ...

The Urinary tract infection in preg. nanoy may exist in symptomatic or asymptomatic form. Bacteriuria in preg~ nancy referring to the presence of more than 100,000 organisms per mi. of urine has received a great deal of attention in recent time. The asymptomatic bacteri. uria in p:regnancy may represent a stage in a continuous process eventually reach~ ing severe renal damage. The present study...

The prevalence of symptomatic urinary tract infections [UTI] and/or asymptomatic bacteriuria in female diabetic patients has been reported as increased or unchanged 2,7,8 compared to non-diabetic subjects. Suggested mechanisms for the greater susceptibility of the diabetic urinary tract to infection include decreased antibacterial activity of the urine as a result of dilution of inhibitory subs...

Screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria is a standard of obstetrical care and is included in most antenatal guidelines. There is good evidence that treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria will decrease the incidence of pyelonephritis. All pregnant women should be screened for asymptomatic bacteriuria, and there are no new data that would indicate otherwise. Antibiotic treatment of asymptomatic bac...

BACKGROUND Paralysis is a known risk factor for urinary tract infections (UTI), sepsis, and death in paralyzed people, but there are no data available on diagnostic criteria for UTI versus bacteriuria, their frequency, or clinical implications in chronically paralyzed dogs. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES That chronically paralyzed dogs suffer frequent bacteriuria causing reduced duration of survival. ...

background: asymptomatic bacteriuria (asb) is common among women with diabetes. the aim of this study was determine the prevalence of and risk factors for asb in women with diabetes type 2 in shahre-kord city of iran. methods: in a six months period (april- september 2005), a total of 100 women with diabetes (type 2) and 100 healthy women without diabetes as control group were investigated for ...

A careless and uncritical approach by some clinicians to the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in frail elderly people has resulted in the condition being overdiagnosed and over-treated. Symptoms of lower urinary tract infection are easily recognized and include dysuria, frequency and urgency. But even such typical symptoms require cautious interpretation, as they are common in elderly peopl...

The prevalence of bacteriuria in Pakistani women and its association with complications of pregnancy was studied. Out of 1579 women, 77 had bacteriuria (4.8%). There was no association of age, gravidity, parity, haemoglobin, pre-eclampsia, mode of delivery, gestational age at delivery, preterm delivery and low birth-weight with presence of bacteriuria. With detection and treatment the pregnancy...