22 UTI
Causes
- hair bow: Fimbriae, pili like, cause for UTI
- UTI cup with #1: Most common cause of UTI
- horn of stag: Forms staghorn calculi in renal stones
- ankylosaurus with clubbed tail/ kleb tail
- mucous on back: polysaccharide capsule
- NH3 bottle spraying kleb: Urease positive
- bag of urine: Urinary tract infection
- Sexy girl with UTI cup: S. saprophyticus is a common cause of UTI in sexually active females
- Do U heart trees: May cause of endocarditis, UTI, and biliary tree infection (insoluble in bile)
Risks and Demographics
- urethra shorter and closer to rectum
- UTI in men: suspect for diabetes
- fast urinary flow: bacteria pushed out
- trickling urinary flow: bacteria climb up
Symptoms and Diagnosis
- burning type of pain
- no fever, chills, sweats
- WBCs pushed together as passed through ureter
- pts with pyelonephritis may also have symptoms for cystitis (infection ascends)
- look at urine, cloudy = UTI
- dipstick test for leukocyte esterase
- presence of pyuria with negative urine culture
Treatment
- Red bladder cup: treat gram negative UTIs (e.g. E. coli, Proteus)
- Mona Lisa elevating and sipping from bladder cup: levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin treat UTI caused by Pseudomonas
- Milky kidney flask: empiric treatment for pyelonephritis
- Flower bulb down pants: treat acute prostatitis
- Bladder cup: first line treatment for UTI
- Egg down pants: treats acute prostatitis
Chronic pyelonephritis
- pyramid blunted, round calyx instead of sharp
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