Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Should Not Be Treated in the General Population Urinary tract infection is not a laboratory-defined diagnosis. Diagnosis should be based on clinical symptoms whenever possible, and confirmed by positive urine microscopy and culture. Quantitative colony counts should not be used to guide therapy in asymptomatic patients. In symptomatic women, colony counts of > […]
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Should Not Be Treated in the General Population Urinary tract infection is not a laboratory-defined diagnosis. Diagnosis should be based on clinical symptoms whenever possible, and confirmed by positive urine microscopy and culture. Quantitative colony counts should not be used to guide therapy in asymptomatic patients. In symptomatic women, colony counts of > […]