| خلاصه مقاله | Introduction
Pyuria has been historically defined as the presence of 10 or more white blood
cells per high-power field (hpf) in a centrifuged urine specimen, but in the new
era of the “enhanced urinalysis” and “automated urinalysis” methods unspun
urine analysis is used of for cellular elements: more than 3 WBCs/hpf in dilute
urine (USG <1.015), 6 WBCs/hpf in concentrated urine (USG ≥1.015) or a
urinary dipstick test that is positive for Leukocyte Esterase. Sterile Urine is
considered when there is no bacterial growth using standard aerobic culture
techniques.
Discussion
Clinically, fever with pyuria may be considered as a urinary tract infection
(UTI) that will result in empirical administration of antibiotics soon after urine
sampling for microbial culture; subsequently, this may be clarified as an
unreasonable mismanagement if no bacterial growth is detected on urine
culture; then it will be necessary to consider differential diagnoses of sterile
pyuria to make the right decision for patient:
1- Infectious:
a. With true negative result of U/C: A recently treated UTI, usually
within 2 weeks, partially treated bacterial UTI or even after a
single dose of antibiotics; UTI with 'fastidious' or slow growing
atypical organism (an organism that grows only in a specially
fortified artificial culture media under specific culture conditions),
genitourinary tuberculosis, STDs and atypical genitourinary
infections such as Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
species, Adenovirus, Schistosomiasis, vulvo-vaginitis or urethritis
(infectious causes) with contamination of urine sample with vulvovaginal or urethral discharge containing leucocytes.
b. With false negative result of U/C: Urine dilution by high fluid
intake, Extreme frequency of urine, Use of antiseptics to clean
perineum prior to collection of mid-stream urine.
2- Non-infectious:
a. Systemic causes of sterile pyuria: Acute febrile illness, systemic
inflammatory diseases such as SLE and Kawasaki disease,
sarcoidosis, cyanotic congenital heart disease, malignant
hypertension,
b. Structural: Nephrocalcinosis / urolithiasis, vesicoureteral reflux,
hydronephrosis, polycystic kidney disease, retained foreign body,
presence of urinary catheter or recent catheterization, recent
cystoscopy or urinary tract surgery, interstitial cystitis,
c. Intrinsic renal or urinary tract pathology: Glomerulonephritis,
papillary necrosis due to: diabetic nephropathy, sickle cell disease,
obstructive uropathy; vulvo-vaginitis or urethritis (non-infectious
causes), rejection of a renal transplant, pelvic irradiation,
neoplasm,
d. Drugs: NSAIDS, steroids, cyclophosphamide, indinavir, analgesic
nephropathy (interstitial nephritis),
e. Local inflammation near to urinary tract: Appendicitis, Crohn
disease. |