Cystitis screening
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Usama Talib, BSc, MD [2]
Overview
Overview
Screening is not recommended for cystitis in a general population. However, pregnancy is an indication for screening for the presence of bacteria in the urine, as this may require aggressive treatment unlike other settings. Other situations that require screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria are prior to urologic surgery or for the research purposes.
Screening
Screening
- Screening is not recommended for cystitis in a general population.
- Screening is recommended to detect bacterial presence in the urine of pregnant women. Urine culture is done to screen this population for bacterial presence.[1][2]
- Asymptomatic bacteriuria is only screened for in the following circumstances:[3]
References
References
- ↑ Glaser AP, Schaeffer AJ (2015). “Urinary Tract Infection and Bacteriuria in Pregnancy”. Urol Clin North Am. 42 (4): 547–60. doi:10.1016/j.ucl.2015.05.004. PMID 26475951.
- ↑ Matuszkiewicz-Rowińska J, Małyszko J, Wieliczko M (2015). “Urinary tract infections in pregnancy: old and new unresolved diagnostic and therapeutic problems”. Arch Med Sci. 11 (1): 67–77. doi:10.5114/aoms.2013.39202. PMC 4379362. PMID 25861291.
- ↑ Nicolle LE, Bradley S, Colgan R, Rice JC, Schaeffer A, Hooton TM; et al. (2005). “Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults”. Clin Infect Dis. 40 (5): 643–54. doi:10.1086/427507. PMID 15714408.
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