The Incidence Rate of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among LIMU Students
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This aim of this research was to observe wither there is an association between gender and asymptomatic bacteriuria and to establish a valid comparison between males and females on such topic. The experiment consisted of collecting urine samples from 24 students at LIMU using the midstream-clean catch method, then the samples were cultured by inoculating the urine into a media. Following the growth of the microorganisms the colonies were counted and the CFU was calculated. Once the data was obtained, it was categorized into growth, non-significant and significant growth, then analyzed using chi-square on spss. Our data confirmed the association between gender and asymptomatic bacteriuria as well as showing that females are more prone to acquiring asymptomatic bacteriuria than man. Therefore, gender should be considered as a risk factor when diagnosing asymptomatic bacteriuria.