Urinary Tract Infection among Women Attending a Clinic For Sexually Transmitted Diseases
| Autor: | Walter E. Stamm, Cynthia L. Fennell, Edward S. Wong |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Vaginal discharge Sexually transmitted disease medicine.medical_specialty Bacteriuria Gonorrhea Sexually Transmitted Diseases Microbial Sensitivity Tests Dermatology urologic and male genital diseases Uterine Cervical Diseases Internal medicine Cystitis Humans Medicine Dysuria Acute Cystitis Pyuria Vaginitis Gynecology Staphylococcus saprophyticus Bacteria biology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Chlamydia Infections biology.organism_classification medicine.disease female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Anti-Bacterial Agents Infectious Diseases Acute Disease Urinary Tract Infections Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 11:18-23 |
| ISSN: | 0148-5717 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00007435-198401000-00004 |
| Popis: | The symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings for 69 women who were seen at a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic and who had acute urinary tract infection (UTI) were compared with those for women who had vaginitis, gonorrhea, or chlamydial infection. Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus saprophyticus were the two most common causes of acute cystitis in this population and accounted for 62 (90%) of 69 infections. Forty-three percent of the women had positive tests for antibody-coated bacteria (ACB), an observation implying renal infection although symptoms of upper tract infection were infrequent. Frequency, urgency, dysuria, and suprapubic tenderness were significantly associated with cystitis, whereas vaginal discharge and vulvar itching were associated with vaginitis. There was, however, considerable overlap in symptoms among the four groups of women, and their accurate differentiation required objective information based upon pelvic examination, examination of vaginal fluid, and urinalysis. In the absence of vaginitis on wet mount and mucopurulent cervicitis on examination, pyuria, as determined by examination of centrifuged urine, had an 88% sensitivity, 76% specificity, 61% positive predictive value, and 93% negative predictive value for acute UTI. Because of the high prevalence of positive ACB tests and the possibility that infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and/or Neisseria gonorrhoeae may be mistaken for cystitis, we prefer a five- to seven-day course of antibiotics over single-dose therapy for treatment of patients with possible UTI in the setting of an STD clinic. |
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