The controversy of treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in non-pregnant women--resolved.
Data derived from longitudinal studies demonstrate that asymptomatic bacteriuria in non-pregnant women without stones or obstructive uropathy is a benign pathological condition. Evidence has accumulated that untreated asymptomatic bacteriuria in otherwise healthy women does not result in hypertension and/or a decline in renal function, and that this condition required neither detection nor antimicrobial therapy.
D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000517:prevention & control; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology