bacteriúria

Bacteriuria is the presence of bacteria in urine. Bacteriuria accompanied by symptoms is a urinary tract infection while that without is known as asymptomatic bacteriuria. Diagnosis is by urinalysis or urine culture. Escherichia coli is the most common bacterium found. People without symptoms should generally not be tested for the condition. Differential diagnosis include contamination.

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Within Vinony's link graph, bacteriúria is referenced by 128 other articles, and connects out to microbiological culture, menopause and urinary tract infection.

Vinony files it under Abnormal clinical and laboratory findings for urine and Bacteria and humans.

Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Bacteriuria
Medical condition (new).image: Bacteriuria pyuria 4.jpg
Medical condition (new).caption: Multiple rod-shaped bacteria shown between the larger white blood cells at urinary microscopy from a person with urinary tract infection.
Medical condition (new).synonym: Bacteruria
Medical condition (new).field: Emergency medicine, infectious disease
Medical condition (new).types: Asymptomatic, symptomatic
Medical condition (new).diagnosis: Urinalysis, urine culture
Medical condition (new).differential: Contamination
Medical condition (new).treatment: Based on symptoms or risk factors
Medical condition (new).frequency: Asymptomatic: 3% (middle aged women), up to 50% (women in nursing homes)Symptomatic: up to 10% of women a year

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Research

11,294 papers

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria: Prevalence, Diagnosis, Management, and Current Antimicrobial Stewardship Implementations.The American journal of medicine · 2022
Urinary Tract Infection and Bacteriuria in Pregnancy.The Urologic clinics of North America · 2015
Asymptomatic bacteriuria.Current opinion in infectious diseases · 2014
Bacteriuria in pregnancy.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 1987
Bacteriuria in patients with stented ureters: predictors of infection in patients presenting to the hospital and when not to treat.World journal of urology · 2024

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: disease
Image: Bacteriuria pyuria 4.jpg

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has cause: urinary tract infection
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0012461
drug or therapy used for treatment: methenamine
health specialty: urology
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine

Sources (2)

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Article · Português

Bacteriúria é um termo médico para a presença de bactérias em uma cultura de urina não ocasionada por contaminação durante a coleta. Quando associada a sintomas, como ardor ao urinar (disúria), aumento da frequência de micção (poliúria) e febre, indica uma infecção bacteriana do trato urinário. Quando é assintomática, não costuma exigir tratamento, exceto em grávidas.

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