Perspective
Utility of Anaerobic Urine Culture and Urine Infections Caused By Anaerobic Bacteria
Author(s): Nelcy Yadav*
There are very few reports of anaerobic bacteria causing urinary tract infections. Since anaerobic bacteria are
genitourinary tract commensals, their presence in a urine sample makes it more difficult to make a conclusive
diagnosis of an anaerobic UTI. The gold standard method for uropathogen detection, identification, and antibiotic
susceptibility testing is known as standard urine culture. Nevertheless, routine urine cultures performed in an
anaerobic environment were abandoned due to the challenges associated with identifying them as pathogens and
the dearth of anaerobic UTI cases that had been documented. On the other hand, it's crucial to stress those cultureindependent
techniques like proteomics and molecular techniques can find anaerobes on a urine sample itself.
Guidelines for the diagnosis and management do not mention anaerobes... View More»
DOI:
10.14303/irjbcs.2023.25