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BASICS
Description
- Bacteriuria: Presence of bacteria in the urine:
- Can be either symptomatic or asymptomatic
- Significant bacteriuria: Quantitative count >1 × 105 CFU/mL in 2 consecutive specimens
- Majority of individuals with significant bacteria have significant pyuria
- Usually 1 organism
- >1 organism: Either contamination or polymicrobial infection
- Pyuria: Presence of WBC in the urine:
- Implies an inflammatory response
- Significant pyuria: >10 WBCs/HPF centrifuged
- Close association between pyuria and bacteriuria; 96% of patients who are symptomatic and bacteriuric have >10 WBCs/HPF
- Sterile pyuria: Presence of WBCs in the urine in the absence of bacteriuria:
- Contamination: Vaginal or prepuce secretions
- Infections: Treated UTI, mycobacterial, TB, chlamydial, gonococcal, fungal (GU or systemic), viral, haemophilus, bilharzia
- Other infections: Appendicitis, diverticulitis, prostatitis
- Noninfectious ...
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