What is the significance of a bacterial count over 100,000/mm3 in the urine?
Indicates significant bacteriuria (fresh clean catch)
Significant as well if <100,000/ml>
From suprapubic aspiration
Bladder catheterization
Same species is repeatably isolated
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Know the route of infection of the urinary tract
Gram(–) aerobic bacilli in perineal area ® urethra and urinary bladder by contiguity
Antecedent structural damage to kidney or urinary tract ® passage of bacteria from gut to urinary passages by hematogenous or lymphatic route (less common)
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