title: Asymptomatic bacteriuria. Clinical significance and management.
abstract: The clinical significance and management of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) differs according to different groups of patients. ASB requires antibiotic treatment in pregnant women, children aged 5-6 years and prior to invasive genitourinary procedures. However, there is a consensus that ASB in the elderly, healthy school girls and young women, diabetic women and patients with indwelling catheters or intermittent catheterization has no clinical significance and antibiotic prescription is not indicated.
authors.affiliation: Technion School of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. raz_r@clalit.org.il
authors.forename: Raul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents