title: Asymptomatic bacteriuria in health and glomerulonephropathies.
abstract: In a comparative study of prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in a Thai population, 1.4% of 955 apparently healthy adults (12 female and 1 male) were found to have positive urine culture. Of these, 6 individuals grew staphylococcal coagulase-negative, 3 grew E. coli, and the rest grew various other organisms. Among 176 patients with glomerulonephropathies (GNP), 20.5% (17 male and 16 female) yielded positive urine cultures. These included 18 positive for E. coli, 3 for staphylococcal coagulase-negative, 5 for Klebsiella and 3 for Enterobacter; the rest grew various other organisms. There was a higher overall prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in GNP when compared to the controls. Heavy proteinuria is also a predisposing factor for an increase in the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in female GNP only.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000150:complications; D012737:Sex Factors; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013785:Thailand