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Letters1 December 1994Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and SurvivalElias Abrutyn and Donald KayeElias AbrutynSearch for more papers by this author and Donald KayeSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-121-11-199412010-00039 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Dr. Hyman questions the criteria we used to define a case of asymptomatic bacteriuria (two cultures with 2 weeks of the same organism at a titer of 105 CFU/mL or more in an asymptomatic volunteer) [1]. He apparently also questions our view that screening and treating asymptomatic bacteriuria in elderly ambulatory women do not appear warranted [1].His concerns are based in part on results from a computer model that simulates the turnover of bacteriuria in the urine under several conditions [2] and on nonquantitative descriptive studies of a new staining technique for visualizing bacteria in the urine ...
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