Saturday, 13 September 2014

STERILE PYURIA CAUSES

STERILE PYURIA
Definition:- presence of more than 5 WBC per HPF without any bacteria on routine urinalysis is termed as sterile pyuria.

CAUSES
1. Infectious
2.Non-infectious

INFECTIOUS CAUSES
1. Tuberculosis of urinary tract
2. Chlamydia trachomatis
3. Mycoplasma
4. Ureplasma
5. Fungi
6. Inadequate treated UTI
( compiled from Harrison 17th, spiral manual of nephrology 7th, spiral manual of clinical infectious disease 5th, oxford textbook of nephrology 3rd)

NONINFECTIOUS CAUSES
1. Interstitial nephritis
2. Renal papillary necrosis
3. Urate nephropathy
4. Nephrocalcinosis
5. PCKD
6. Calculi
7. Prostatitis
8. Vasicouretheral reflux
9. SLE

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