Exam 37: Urinary Tract Infections

What additive can maintain urine sample integrity for up to 48 hours at room temperature?

In what type of specimen is the etiologic agent of acute prostatitis usually recovered?

What part of the urinary tract is most susceptible to infection?

What do specimens with multiple uropathogens (i.e.,three or more)indicate?

What size calibrated loops should be used to ensure accurate quantitation of organisms?

Urine cultures are performed for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

The symptoms of pyelonephritis include all the following EXCEPT:

In what patient population is a colony count on a urine culture significant?

Bacteria gain access to the urinary tract by all of the following routes EXCEPT:

When a patient has an indwelling urinary catheter,what symptoms may be present?

What organisms growing in a urine culture can be considered contaminants?

What group has more urinary tract infections (UTIs)caused by Staphylococcus saprophyticus?

What is the most common way for the renal parenchyma to become infected with gram-positive bacteria?

All of the following types of specimens should not be treated as screens EXCEPT:

The atypical clinical presentation of a geriatric patient with a urinary tract infection (UTI)includes all the following EXCEPT:

All of the following are reasons why institutionalized patients have more urinary tract infections (UTIs)than noninstitutionalized patients EXCEPT:

What organisms usually cause urinary tract infections (UTIs)in older men in conjunction with prostatic hypertrophy?

All of the following features should be considered in a urinary tract infection (UTI)workup EXCEPT:

Because the urethra is shorter in women,bacteria are easily introduced into the bladder by:

What may candiduria be a sign of?