Urinary tract infections and genitourinary abnormalities in Cameroonian men

Summary Objective  To compare the prevalence of genitourinary abnormalities in men diagnosed with urinary tract infection (UTI) in a Cameroonian hospital and those without. Patients and methods  Consecutive adult men aged 18–75 years, whose midstream urine samples were received for microscopy, cultu...

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Published in:Tropical medicine & international health 2004-04, Vol.9 (4), p.520-525
Main Authors: Yuyun, Matthew F., Angwafo III, Fru F., Koulla‐Shiro, Sinata, Zoung‐Kanyi, Jimmy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the urinary system
Biological and medical sciences
Cameroon
Developing Countries
General aspects
Genital Diseases, Male - complications
Genital Diseases, Male - diagnosis
Human bacterial diseases
Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
neoplasms
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
prostatic hyperplasia
Prostatic Hyperplasia - complications
Prostatic Neoplasms - complications
Renal Insufficiency - etiology
Risk Factors
urethral stricture
Urethral Stricture - complications
urinary calculi
Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous
urinary tract infections
Urinary Tract Infections - etiology
Urinary tract. Prostate gland
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Summary:Summary Objective  To compare the prevalence of genitourinary abnormalities in men diagnosed with urinary tract infection (UTI) in a Cameroonian hospital and those without. Patients and methods  Consecutive adult men aged 18–75 years, whose midstream urine samples were received for microscopy, culture and sensitivity at the microbiology laboratory of the Yaounde University Teaching Hospital, Cameroon, constituted the study population. Genitourinary abnormalities were diagnosed from history, physical examination, abdominal and transrectal ultrasonography, plain abdominal X‐ray, and if indicated urethrocystoscopy and biopsy. Results  Of the 206 patients who qualified, 179 completed the study and 63 (35.2%) were found to have UTI. A total of 41 (65.1%) patients with UTI (mean age 69.2 years) had at least one genitourinary abnormality, compared to 13 (11.2%) of those without UTI (mean age 61.9 years) (P 
ISSN:1360-2276
1365-3156
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01219.x