2Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, BOLU Introduction: The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence and related risk factors of asymptomatic bacteriuria among the institutionalized elderly in Bolu.
Materials and Method: Forty two instituonalized elderly were visited, and written informed consent were received from each for his study. Those individuals who have the symptoms of urinary tract infection were excluded from the study. Two urinary samples collected to the sterile container from contributors with the interval of 24 hours were cultured, and it was accepted as positif when 10 (5)cfu/ml microorganism has grown.
Results: Two individuals did not accept to be included in the study. Six patients having urinary tract infection symptoms were excluded from the study. The asymptomatic bacteriuria among the remaining thirty four patients was found to be 17.6%, and the most common organism was Escherichia coli. There was no relation between the presence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and related factors such as age, sex, inappropriate antibiotic usage, incontinans, diabetes mellitus and invasive urological procedures.
Conclusion: As a result, it was concluded that asymptomatic bacteriuria is common above the age of sixty, and unnecessary use of antibiotic should be avoided in this type of patients, although this needs to be confirmed with the studies of larger series.
Keywords : Asymptomatic bacteriuria, Institutionalized elderly, Risk factors