Prevalence and Gender Related Etiology of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Medical Student of the Libyan International Medical University

Omar, Esraa (2022-09-05)

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Questioning whether asymptomatic bacteriuria can be manifested affecting the health of young individuals this report was written based on the standard diagnostic methods for diagnosing asymptomatic bacteriuria. 63 males and female participants of the 3rd year medical students of the Libyan international medical university was the target of the diagnostic experiment which was done on March of 2022 using bacteria culture test and Gram staining to detect the presence of different bacterial species in urine specimens taken from majority of healthy young individuals who weren’t complaining of any urinary tract infection symptoms. The major findings were that 16.7% of the female students had a great rate of prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and 0% growth in the specimens taken from male students, proving the elevated risk of asymptomatic bacteriuria being manifested in females.

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