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Antibiotic treatment is recommended for asymptomatic bacteriuria in the following groups:

– pregnant
– People who are having surgery anywhere in the urinary tract
– men who are about to undergo prostate surgery
– Persons having received a kidney transplant
– people with abnormal structure or obstruction of the urinary tract Read the rest of this entry »

Prevention

If you drink several glasses of water a day can help prevent this disease. This may stop the growth of bacteria to purge your urinary tract. Drinking cranberry juice daily may also slow the growth of bacteria by making your urine more acidic. However, this has not been definitively proven by medical studies.

To prevent intestinal bacteria from spreading from the rectum to the urinary tract, women should always wipe with toilet paper from front to back after bowel movements. Read the rest of this entry »

Symptoms

Asymptomatic bacteriuria causes no symptoms.

Diagnosis

Your doctor will determine who has asymptomatic bacteriuria according to laboratory studies of urine sample at least 100,000 bacteria per milliliter of urine. Care must be taken to collect the urine sample because the skin bacteria can contaminate the sample. Read the rest of this entry »

It is called “bacteriuria” to the appearance of a significant amount of bacteria in urine. The presence of bacteria in the urine means that there is an infection in a urinary tract (the system that carries urine from the kidneys through the ureters into the bladder and finally to the urethra). A urinary infection can cause various symptoms, from pain or burning when urinating to pelvic pain, back pain, fever and chills. Read the rest of this entry »