Among older women residing in nursing homes, administration of cranberry capsules compared with placebo resulted in no significant difference in presence of bacteriuria plus pyuria (presence of ...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infections diagnosed in nursing home residents. 1,2 However, existing recommendations advise against the use of antibiotics in patients with ...

A urinalysis documenting the presence of pyuria (ie, WBCs in the urine) and bacteriuria suggests a clinical diagnosis of UTI. A microscopic full urinalysis should also be done whenever a urine culture ...

SIGNIFICANT bacteriuria, defined as more than 100,000 pathogenic bacteria per milliliter of urine, has been a surprisingly frequent finding in surveys of ward and clinic patients of a city hospital in ...

Pyuria is a urinary condition related to white blood cells that is diagnosed with a urine test. It can have many causes, and the treatment depends on the cause. Your doctor will diagnose pyuria if you ...

Based on the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s (IDSA’s) 2010 guideline3 on when to treat asymptomatic bacteriuria, I disagree with your statement and stand by our publication. “Pyuria ...