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Bacteriological State of the Urine in Symptom‐free Adult Males
Author(s) -
SUGARMAN I. D.,
PEAD L. J.,
PAYNE S. R.,
MASKELL R. M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1990.tb14892.x
Subject(s) - urine , medicine , state (computer science) , physiology , psychology , computer science , algorithm
Summary Mid‐stream urine specimens from 120 symptom‐free males aged between 15 and 60 years were examined for cells and bacteria. Only 3 specimens showed pyuria, all of which yielded fastidious organisms. No specimen yielded a pure growth of an aerobe. Fastidious organisms in pure or mixed growth were isolated from 26% of the specimens, none in a count < 10 8 /l and the majority in counts < 10 7 /l. It was concluded that pure growths of aerobes in any count in patients with symptoms are indicative of infection. Fastidious organisms should be sought in the urine of patients with symptoms or pyuria before more intensive and expensive investigations are pursued.