Urinary Tract Infections

Question 1

What are the common symptoms associated with a UTI?

Answer 1

Urinary frequency
Urgency
Dysuria
Lower abdominal pain
Flank pain

OR can be asymptomatic

Question 2

Although UTI’s are 50x more common in females the ratio of male:female infections decreases after age 50 due to what pathology?

Answer 2

Ratio decreases because of increasing frequency of prostate enlargement and instrumentation in males (prostatitis is a common cause of UTI’s in males)

Question 3

What are risk factors associated with UTI’s in females?

Answer 3

• Sexual intercourse or new sex partner (within past year)
• Diaphragm or spermicide use
• History of recurrent UTI’s
• First UTI at early age
• Menopause

Question 4

What bacterial organism is the most common cause of UTI’s?

Answer 4

E. coli

Question 5

In hospitalized patient, the risk of UTI’s caused by what types of bacteria is increased?

Answer 5

More gram negative infections; Klebsiella, Proteus, Enterbacter, Pseudomonas, Serratia