Asymptomatic bacteriuria

Abstract

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) is a prevalent clinical disease that frequently results in the overuse of antibiotics. Although the urine system is typically sterile, it can get polluted by gut flora or other organisms, resulting in urinary illness. The most prevalent bacterium found in asymptomatic bacteriuria is Escherichia coli. In midstream void samples, 1 > 105 CFU/L is indicative of infection, in catheterization samples, 1 >102 CFU/L is indicative of infection. Due to the length of the urethra, bacteria are more prevalent in women than in men. However, there is large number of antibiotics that can be used in case of UTIs such as quinolones, chloramphenicol, aminoglycosides, macrolides and lastly tetracycline.