Urinary 8 - UTIs Flashcards
Name the normal defence mechanisms of the body against UTIs:
- Antimicrobial secretions
- Regular flushing during micturition
What factors may predispose someone to UTIs?
- Shorter urethra (women)
- Obstruction (enlarged prostate, pregnancy, stones, tumours)
- Neurological (incomplete emptying = residual urine)
- Vesicoureteric reflux
Name 4 factors which may obstruct the urinary tract:
- Enlarged prostate
- Pregnancy
- Stones
- Tumours
Which antigens allow some E coli to produce a polysaccharide capsule, to protect it against host defences?
K antigen
What is the importance of K antigens to E coli survival in the urinary tract?
Allows E coli to produce a polysaccharide coat, to resist host defences ie antibacterial secretions.
Name 3 types of UTI associated with the lower urinary tract:
- Bacterial cystitis
- Abacterial cystitis
- Prostatitis
Name 2 types of UTI associated with the upper urinary tract:
- Acute pyelonephritis
- Chronic interstitial nephritis
List the symptoms associated with cystitis:
- Increased freq. of urination
- Dysuria (pain or burning sensation on urination)
- Low grade fever
How can you tell bacterial and abacterial cystitis apart?
Bacteriuria test
List the symptoms associated with Prostatitis:
- Fever
- Dysuria (pain or burning sensation on urination)
- Increased freq. of urination
- Perineal and low back pain
List the symptoms associated with Acute Pyelonephritis:
- Increased freq. of urination
- Dysuria (pain or burning sensation on urination)
- Fever
- Loin pain
List the symptoms associated with Acute Interstitial Nephritis:
- Fever
- Haematuria
- Drowsiness
- Confusion
- Nausea
- Fluid retention
- Change in urine output
Define uncomplicated infection:
Infection with a typical organism in a patient with normal urinary tract, and normal urinary function.
May occur in men and women of any age, however men, children and pregnant women are usually treated as complicated.
Define complicated infection:
When 1+ factors present which predispose a patient to persistent/recurrent infection, or treatment failure:
- Atypical virulent organism (S aureus)
- Abnormal urinary tract (catheter, vesicoureteric reflux)
- Impaired host defences
- Impaired renal function
What are the most common pathogens causing UTIs?
Gram negative rod bacteria
- Enterobacteriaceae: E coli, Klebsiella, Salmonella, Shigella