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Genitourinary Infections Facts

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What are lower tract infections?   Urethritis, cystitis, prostatitis  
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What are the upper tract infections?   Pyelonephritis, renal and perinephric abscesses  
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What is the difference between complicated and uncomplicated UTI?   Uncomplicated - intact voiding mechanisms, most often females. Complicated - both sexes with functional/structural disease.  
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What are the different pathways to infection?   1)Ascending infection, 2)blood borne, 3)unresolved foci (prostate, kidney calculi), 4)fistulous communication (Crohns)  
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What mechanisms deter bacterial growth?   1)Flushing and diluting of urine, 2)normal vaginal flora 3)actibacterial properties of uroepithelium 4)acidiity, osmolality, prostatic secretions, urinary mucoproteins, IgA  
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What are teh risk groups of UTI?   1-3month boys, school age girls >> boys, young women>>men  
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What are the risk factors for UTI?   1)Gender 2)Sex 3)Spermicide/diaphragm 4)Obstruction 5)Vesicoureteral reflux 6)Genetic factors 7)Anal sex, no circumscisian 8) Age 9)Immunocompromised  
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What are some of the etiologies of uncomplicated UTIs?   E coli, GnBs (Proteus, Klebs, Enterobacter), Staph Saprophyticus  
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What are teh etiologies of uncomplicated UTIs?   GNBs, Psudomonas, Serratia, Enterococcus  
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What are the clinical manifestations of cystitis?   Effecting women, dysuria, frequency, urgency, incontinence, lack of fever, suprapubic tenderness, hematuria  
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What are the clinical manifestations of pyelonephritis?   Fever, flank tenderness, rigors, nausea, vomitting  
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What are 30-35% of nosocomial infections?   UTIs. Through catheters  
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What are the ways to diagnose UTIs?   Catch urine during midstream. Urine/blood culture, microscopic hematuria  
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When should you treat asymptomatic bacteriuria?   Preganncy or about to undergo operation  
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What are the 2 routes of infection for renal and perinephric abscess?   Obstruction and Hematogenous. Don't forget you'd want to do a CT/  
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What is salpingitis?   Infection of endometrium falloian tubes. Develop infertility. Ectopic pregnancy.  
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