conclusions: the most common infectious episode among spinal cord injury patients was found to be urinary tract ınfection. e. coli was the most common microorganism isolated from urine samples. antibiotic use in the previous 2 weeks or 3 months, hospitalization during the last one-year and previous diagnosis of urinary tract ınfection were the risk factors identified for the development of infe...

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...

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 Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is defined as the presence of bacteria in urine without having signs and symptoms. The aim of this meta-analysis was to estimate the overall prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among Iranian pregnant women. METHODS Major national and international databases were searched up to November 2015, including Scientific Information Database, MagIran, Web o...

Background and Objective: Asymptomatic bacteriuria is bacteria in the properly collected urine of a patient, leading to a urinary tract infection with no symptoms. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a common complication in clinical practice with an increasing prevalence due to increase of age. The present study investigated the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women receiving ant...

Since the recognition of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU), several studies have questioned its significance. It is a very common condition, observed in many healthy individuals. Current guidelines mandate that ABU should not be treated in all cases, as it does not seem to improve the outcome. Conditional restrictions for treatment of ABU can be relaxed in certain situations, with minimal exceptio...

Asymptomatic bacteriuria, also called asymptomatic urinary infection, is a common finding in healthy women, and in women and men with abnormalities of the genitourinary tract. The characterization and introduction of the quantitative urine culture in the 1950s first allowed the reliable recognition of asymptomatic bacteriuria. The observations that a substantial proportion of patients with chro...

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: 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 ...

asymptomatic bacteriuria is prevalent during pregnancy. it can lead to pyelonephritis, premature pregnancy and low birth weight. in this prospective study, to determine prevalence and risk factors of asymptomatic bacteriuria, 205 consecutive pregnant women who visited our prenatal care clinic in mirza-koochakkhan hospital and had no urinary symptom were entered. patients data were recorded usin...