title: [Bacterial urinary infections in acute leukemia].
abstract: Hundred thirty patients with the acute leukemia were examined. Bacterial urinary infections were detected in 34% of the examined patients, statistically more frequently in women. Decreased response to the inflammatory process is noted in leukemic patients with the urinary infections. Non-stable clinical symptoms, multiple changes in the normal laboratory findings in both the urine and blood serum may suggest urinary infection which should be confirmed by the urinary cultures. The most frequent causes of the urinary infections are various species of gram-negative bacteria of Enterobacteriaceae similarly to non-leukemic patients with urinary infections. Reinfections and superinfections were seen in some patients but the latter were more frequent in the acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nowicka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mróz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Zakazenia bakteryjne układu moczowego w ostrych białaczkach.