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==Treatment==
Sexually active young women with asymptomatic [[bacteriuria]] should not be treated with [[antibiotic]]s.<ref name="pmid22677710">{{cite journal| author=Cai T, Mazzoli S, Mondaini N, Meacci F, Nesi G, D'Elia C et al.| title=The role of asymptomatic bacteriuria in young women with recurrent urinary tract infections: to treat or not to treat? | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2012 | volume= 55 | issue= 6 | pages= 771-7 | pmid=22677710 | doi=10.1093/cid/cis534 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22677710  }} </ref>
Among hospitalized patients, about one-third of patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria are unnecessarily treated.<ref name="pmid19292664">{{cite journal| author=Cope M, Cevallos ME, Cadle RM, Darouiche RO, Musher DM, Trautner BW| title=Inappropriate treatment of catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria in a tertiary care hospital. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2009 | volume= 48 | issue= 9 | pages= 1182-8 | pmid=19292664
Among hospitalized patients, about one-third of patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria are unnecessarily treated.<ref name="pmid19292664">{{cite journal| author=Cope M, Cevallos ME, Cadle RM, Darouiche RO, Musher DM, Trautner BW| title=Inappropriate treatment of catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria in a tertiary care hospital. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2009 | volume= 48 | issue= 9 | pages= 1182-8 | pmid=19292664
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In medicine, bacteriuria is "the presence of bacteria in the urine which is normally bacteria-free. These bacteria are from the urinary tract and are not contaminants of the surrounding tissues. Bacteriuria can be symptomatic or asymptomatic. Significant bacteriuria is an indicator of urinary tract infection."[1]

Treatment

Sexually active young women with asymptomatic bacteriuria should not be treated with antibiotics.[2]

Among hospitalized patients, about one-third of patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria are unnecessarily treated.[3]

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