Investigation of the relationship between urinary tract infection and free particles seen within the bladder

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the frequency of urinary tract infections in free particles seen within the bladder detected by ultrasonography

Design: Retrospective study

Setting: Department of Internal Medicine and Radiology, Adiyaman University, Turkey

Subjects: Eighty-four patients with free bladder particles enrolled in this present study.

Intervention: None

Main outcome measures: Patients' age, gender, ultrasound reports and urine culture results were documented retrospectively from the records of Adiyaman University Medical Faculty Hospital.

Results: Fifty-eight of the patients were female and 26 were male. The mean age of the patients was 32.5 +/- 11.4 years. Positive urine culture was detected in 15 patients. The most common etiologic microorganism detected in the urine culture was Escherichia coli.

Conclusion: Free particles in the bladder are seen very frequently in daily practice and often identified as cystitis. In this present study, positive urine culture was detected in only 17.9% of the patients with free particles. Therefore, we can say that clinicians should not empirically prescribe antibiotic for particles in the bladder without evaluation of the urine culture results and symptoms.