UTI- Audia Flashcards
top 3 microbes for UTI’s
E. coli
Proteus
Klebsiella
patient presents with leukocyte casts and fever
pyelonephritis
what helps prevent UTIs (prevent microbes from ascending up into the bladder)
voiding (the flow of urine)
____ will be colonized by skin microbes
urethra
_____ microbiota of the gut will cause UTIs
our normal microbiota
UTI caused by microbe traveling from rectal flora to urethra to bladder
ascending UTI
UTI caused by microbe from another body location that disseminated and enters kidneys
descending UTI
bladder infection in the absence of signs/symptoms attributable to UTI
Asymptomatic bacteriuria
bacteriuria w/ sx’s such as burning during urination or frequent urination, may be suprapubic pain
cystitis
invasion of renal parenchyma, usually ascending from lower UT; usually a fever
acute pyelonephritis
sepsis that originated as a bacteriuria
Urosepsis
inflammation of the urethra
Urethritis
1 or more species of microbes in the urine (>/= 10^5 CFU/mL)
absence of sx’s of infection
predominantly women
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
how to diagnose asymptomatic bacteriuria
screening and UA for pregnancy or procedure
2 consecutive + specimens w/in 2 weeks
asymptomatic bacteriuria
patients with this often have multiple organisms isolated from the urine
indwelling catheters
these individuals with ____ injuries are predisposed to UTI’s
spinal cord injuries (can’t void bladder well)
abnormal flow of urine from bladder into ureters
vesicoureteral reflux
prevalence of this increases in women who have diabetes
asymptomatic bacteriuria
proportion of a population found to have a disease
prevalence
numbers of new cases of a disease in a population over a period of time
incidence
if patient is not showing signs or sx’s, do you treat or not and why
no; antimicrobial resistance
when to treat asymptomatic bacteriuria
pregnant women
DNA damaging agent used to treat asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women
Nitrofurantoin
targets peptidoglycan of cell wall and is used to treat asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women
Amoxicillin
competitive inhibitor of beta lactamase; used in synergy with amoxicillin to treat pregnant women with ASB
Clavulanate
patient presents w lower back pain, hematuria, suprapubic tenderness, dysuria, frequency and urgency to urinate
UTI (cystitis)
increased frequency
increased urgency
burning on urination
UTI (cystitis)
if UTI spreads to kidney
acute pyelonephritis
fever
neutrophilia
CVAT
altered mental status
acute pyelonephritis
UTI’s from this microbe are prone to kidney stones
Proteus
3 gram + microbes that may cause UTIs
enterococcus
S. saprophyticus
S. aureus
___ are at increased risk of UTIs and complicated UTIs (renal abscesses or fungal infections)
diabetics
how to diagnose UTI
collect midstream urine specimen
UA
culture
how long to wait to send urine specimen to lab to culture
ASAP
how to collect urine specimen from patient with foley catheter
through collection port of catheter