Evaluation and management of adult urinary tract infections

• Autor(a) principal: G. Barros, Elvino José
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Garcez, Joana, S. Thomé, Fernando
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Clinical and Biomedical Research
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/125387
• topic: Infecção urinária; bacteriúria assintomática; pielonefrite; Urinary infection; asymptomatic bacteriuria; pyelonephritis

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a very common disease and a significant cause of morbidity in all age groups. Recent studies have helped better defining the population groups at risk for these infections as well as the more effective and cost-effective strategies for treating UTI. Urinary tract infection can be classified as complicated or simple. Further categorization of the infection according to clinical syndrome and type of host can help physicians determine the more appropriate diagnostic and treatment strategies. Simple urinary tract infections can be treated empirically without the need for urine cultures. Asymptomatic bacteriuria rarely requires treatment with drugs. In turn, complicated infections are diagnosed by urine cultures and require a more prolonged treatment. Urinary infection in males occur more frequently after the age of 40 and are often associated with prostatic obstruction of the urinary tract.