Urinalysis Interpretation in Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Learn to interpret dipstick urinalysis and other tests to diagnose urinary tract infections (UTIs). How do we detect bacteria and leukocytes in urine? What else is necessary to diagnose a UTI? How reliable are our diagnostic tests, and what can throw them off? Common problems like urine sample contamination and asymptomatic bacteriuria and leukocyturia make a clinician's job difficult. It's no wonder that misinterpretation of urinalysis and misdiagnosis of urinary tract infections are important drivers of antibiotic misuse worldwide. This video will help you diagnose urinary tract infections and avoid the most common pitfalls in urinalysis.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Urine test strips (urine dipsticks)
00:24 Nitrite in urine
02:45 Leukocyte esterase and leukocyturia
04:20 Microscopic examination or urine sediment, hemocytometry
05:16 How to collect a urine sample and avoid contamination
08:13 Signs of sample contamination
09:28 Significant bacteriuria
11:17 Asymptomatic bacteriuria vs. UTI
REFERENCES & RECOMMENDED READING:
1. Advani SD, Polage CR, Fakih MG. Deconstructing the urinalysis: A novel approach to diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2021;1(1):e6.
2. Wilson ML, Gaido L. Laboratory Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2004 Apr 15;38(8):1150-8.
3. Pallin DJ, Ronan C, Montazeri K, Wai K, Gold A, Parmar S, et al. Urinalysis in acute care of adults: pitfalls in testing and interpreting results. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2014 Mar;1(1):ofu019.
4. Rowe TA, Juthani-Mehta M. Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infection in Older Adults. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2014 Mar;28(1):75-89.
5. Lifshitz E, Kramer L. Outpatient urine culture: does collection technique matter? Arch Intern Med. 2000 Sep 11;160(16):2537-40.
6. Johnson JR, Drekonja DM. Bacteriuria/Pyuria of Clinically Undetermined Significance (BPCUS): Common, but Currently Nameless. The American Journal of Medicine. 2017 May 1;130(5):e201-4.
7. McMurdo M. Commentary. Urinary tract infection in old age: over-diagnosed and over-treated. Age and Ageing. 2000 Jul 1;29(4):297-8.
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Wonderful video!
wow very concise
Well explanation
Welldone brilliant✌
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@uadialesandra
21 күн бұрын
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Hi ,thank you so much for your video, it's very details exactly what I needed. Please can you do videos on hcv infection and tb diagnosis /management( ordering medications) thank you
@uadialesandra
21 күн бұрын
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I am loving your channel and lectures. how do you differentiate CAUTI from UTI on a new admitted patient? what is practical working definition for CAUTI? I cannot get a straight forward answer
@clinicaltips8926
Жыл бұрын
Could you please rephrase the question? I'm not sure I understood it correctly. If the patient has a urinary catheter in place and then gets a UTI, this is a CAUTI. There is no minimum period of time that the catheter must be in place in order for the UTI to be considered catheter-associated.
@uadialesandra
21 күн бұрын
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Can klebsiella aerogenes uti
can urineanalysis detect gonoreeha and clymedia?
I was detected kleibsella 14 days antibiotics with nitrofuratoin again disconfort ,fucked up my life 😢
@uadialesandra
21 күн бұрын
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11:53 symptoms + UA findings concerning for UTI. this scenario can be tricky esp for elderly demented, non verbal, unresponsive patients to elicit history. maybe if there have altered mental status + UA findings go ahead with empiric?
@clinicaltips8926
Жыл бұрын
That is a good question and a very common problem! If the cause of the patient's altered level of consciousness really is a UTI, this means that there is a significant systemic inflammatory response to this UTI, and there should be more signs of it (fever, high CRP, signs of sepsis, maybe)... If none of this is present, I would be very careful about attributing encephalopathy to bacteriuria/pyuria. Even if there are signs of SIRS/sepsis, OK, this might be urosepsis, but I would still quickly check for other potential sources of sepsis to avoid the trap of premature closure precisely because bacteriuria is so common in this age group. I explain this in detail in my video 'UTI in the Elderly'. Feel free to watch!
@sanbetski
Жыл бұрын
@@clinicaltips8926 lol unfortunately good luck explaining it to patients helicopter family this as they already have their minds made up and convinced its uti sometimes
@uadialesandra
21 күн бұрын
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our hospital will not reflex to urine culture until wbc >10/hpf despite positive nitrite or leukocyte esterase...
@uadialesandra
21 күн бұрын
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8:20 what is your threshold of number of epithelial cells to favor contamination? awesome channel keep it up!
@clinicaltips8926
Жыл бұрын
It's usually expressed in a descriptive or semi-quantitative manner (for example, a high number of epithelial cells)
@uadialesandra
21 күн бұрын
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hi, i really like your channel i was wondering if you could make a video or reply to my comment about if one should treat fever or not both in adults and children (if so what dose of acetaminophen would you give), because it is conflicting info by doctors about it needs to run its course to increase immune system to fight off the infection. So would you give antipyretics? Also about why some infections doesnt cause fever and why some infections cause fever thank you, im a medical student very interested in infectious diseases
@clinicaltips8926
Жыл бұрын
Sure, I can make a video on the pathophysiology of fever and the effect of antipyretics. Thanks for the suggestion!
@uadialesandra
21 күн бұрын
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My leukocytes keep coming back positive but nitrates keep coming back negative. The leukocytes on my test doesn't look like they are much. This indicate something serious?
@uadialesandra
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@anemicbeats
7 күн бұрын
It’s a gram positive infection
Can Klebsiella Pneumoniae be an UTI, and can it he sexually transmitted.
@clinicaltips8926
Жыл бұрын
Yes, K.pneumoniae can cause UTIs. UTIs are not sexually transmitted diseases, but intercourse can increase the risk of bacteria entering the urinary tract and causing infection.
@rokhsala4852
10 ай бұрын
@@clinicaltips8926 how long antibiotics to treat it
@sanchirkh6019
6 ай бұрын
@@clinicaltips8926 is klebsiella pneumoniae asymptomatic bacteriuria ? Because in my urine culture test there is klebsiella and my urologist is saying it is not causing the uti symptoms because it is asymptomatic bacteriuria
@sanchirkh6019
6 ай бұрын
and my urologist diagnosed me with weak bladder and prescribed me urief 4mg and ucholine which i am taking it for 4 months now. is it possible to get rid of klebsiella without antibiotics ? I have urgency and frequent urination btw
@uadialesandra
21 күн бұрын
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