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- Title
Spinal kord yaralanmalı hastalarda idrar kültürünün kantitatif çalişması.
- Authors
Yılmaz, Halim; Kurtoglu, Muhammet Güzel; Keşli, Recep; Tüfekci, Osman
- Abstract
Objective: To investigate the association between risk factors and bacterial reproduction and to determine asymptomatic bacteriurea existence in urinary samples of patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) at chronical stage. Methods: Thirty-six patients with SCI and 36 healthy controls with no complaint of urinary system were included into the study. All patients were performed clean intermittent catheterization (IC) by themselves four times per day. In patients, the frequency of bacterial reproduction was compared with that of health controls. Results: The most commonly encountered bacterium was E. coli (% 44.4) in patients. In controls, the most commonly reproducing bacteria were Coagulase negative Staphilococci (% 8.4) and E. coli (% 2.8), in turn. In urinary cultures, the frequency of reproduction of E. coli was found to be significantly higher in patients with SCI, compared to healthy controls (p<0.001). No significant correlation was found between reproduction of bacteria, and age, gender, level of the injury and neurologic level (p>0.05). Conclusion: In patients with SCI performing IC at chronic stage, asymptomatic bacteriurea is a widespread finding. Healtcare providers treating patients with SCI should be aware that asymptomatic bacteriurea may be widespread in such patients, and these patients should not be treated with antimicrobial agents unless clinical findings of urinary tract infections are present.
- Subjects
URINALYSIS; SPINAL cord injuries; QUANTITATIVE research; INTERMITTENT urinary catheterization; URINARY tract infections; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Journal of General Medicine / Genel Tıp Dergisi, 2012, Vol 22, Issue 3, p87
- ISSN
1301-191X
- Publication type
Article