Ebook Urinary Tract Infections

Only in pregnant women should asymptomatic bacteriuria be screened for and treated . Advancing age, diseases and functional disability increase the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria.Affects up to 0.5% of men, 1-4% of girls and 5-10% of women.In long-term care facilities it affects 30% of men and 50% of women.