P2 MICROBIOLOGY Flashcards
most common gram - bacterial causes of UTIs
Escherichia coli
gram + bacterial cause of UTIs in young sexually active women
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
gram + bacterial cause of UTIs in hospitalised patients especially with AIDS
Enterococcus species & Staphylococcus epidermidis
Organisms that cause UTIs by HEMATOGENOUS SPREAD
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Salmonella typhi
- M. tuberculosis
viral UTI causes
- Mumps
- Adenovirus
- Human polyomavirus
fungal UTI causes
- Candida spp
- Histoplasma capsulatum
Parasitic UTI causes
- Schistosoma haematobium
- Trichomonas vaginalis
lower urinary symptoms in healthy non-pregnant women is under which UTI category
Uncomplicated UTI
- health care associated , men , immunosuppressed
- pregnant women , RF , renal transplant
- urinary retention from neurological disorders
all are under which UTI category
complicated UTI
Presence of indwelling catheter with UTI symptoms is under which UTI category
CA-UTI ; catheter associated
Diagnostic criteria for CA-UTI
Presence of >= 10*3 CFU/ML in single catheter urine specimen
significant number of bacteria in urine in the absence of symptoms is under which UTI category
ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA
Failure to treat ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA in pregnant women & children results in
renal damage
- no fever, flank pain, or other suspicion for pyelonephritis
- premenopausal, non-pregnant woman
- no known urogenital abnormalities or relevant comorbidities
all are definitions for
acute uncomplicated cystitis
common pathogen causing Uncomplicated UTI
E.coli