@article{article_252667, title={The Comparison the Results of the Urine Culture and Pyuria}, journal={The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine}, volume={18}, pages={19–22}, year={2016}, DOI={10.24938/kutfd.252667}, author={Kaçmaz, Birgül and Gül, Serdar and Ayaşlıoğlu, Ergin and Kılıç, Dilek and Kaygusuz, Sedat and Çalışkan, Okan and Aslan, Ayşegül and Türker, Gökçe}, keywords={Üriner sistem enfeksiyonu,piyüri,idrar kültürü}, abstract={<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-right:-5.55pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:150%;">Introduction </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:150%;">: Introduction:
Microscobic examination of the urine is the first step of the diagnosis of
urinary tract infections. Pyuria is usually related with infection. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-right:-5.55pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:150%;">Material and Method </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:150%;">: In this study, the
presence of pyuria in the urine samples, which had been sent to the laboratory
of Kirikkale University Microbiology Laboratory between January 2015 - July
2015, were examinated retrospectively the positive samples were then compared
with growth in the urine cultures. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-right:-5.55pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:150%;">Results </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:150%;">: Totally 3787 urine
samples were examined. 927 (24%) samples had pyuria and 336 (36%) of them had
significant growth in cultures. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-right:-5.55pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:150%;">Conclusion </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:150%;">: Accordingly our
results, the presence of pyuria alone is not diagnostic in UTI and bacterial
growth may not be always seen in the urine samples have pyuria.  </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Kırıkkale Üniversitesi}