Publication: Asymptomatic bacteriuria in health and glomerulonephropathies
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1986-01-01
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00282766
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Mahidol University
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Nephron. Vol.44, No.2 (1986), 121-124
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S. Phanichphant, V. Boonpucknavig Asymptomatic bacteriuria in health and glomerulonephropathies. Nephron. Vol.44, No.2 (1986), 121-124. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/9676
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Asymptomatic bacteriuria in health and glomerulonephropathies
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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.