Approach to a Positive Urine Culture in a Patient Without Urinary Symptoms

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2013 Dec 8;28(1):15–31. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2013.09.005

Sexual activity^*

Use of diaphragm with spermicide^*

Older age

Female sex

Diabetes mellitus

Neurogenic bladder

Hemodialysis

Urinary retention

Urinary catheter use

Indwelling

Intermittent

External (condom)

^*In sexually active, non-pregnant women ages 18-40.²⁹