Definitions
- Bacteriuria: Bacteria in the urine, may be asymptomatic or symptomatic.
- UTI: The presence of a pure growth of >105 organisms per mL of fresh MSU.
- UTI sites:
- urethra (urethritis),
- bladder (cystitis),
- prostate (prostatitis), or
- renal pelvis pyelonephritis).
- Up to ? of women with symptoms have bacteriuria; (=abacterial cystitis or the urethral syndrome).
