{"id":12045,"date":"2025-07-17T03:34:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/glossary-term\/urine-culture\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T03:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:34:21","slug":"urocultivo","status":"publish","type":"glossary-term","link":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/es\/glossary-term\/urocultivo\/","title":{"rendered":"Urocultivo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","glossary-category":[126],"glossary-product":[108,107],"class_list":["post-12045","glossary-term","type-glossary-term","status-publish","hentry","glossary-category-urological-conditions","glossary-product-conticlassic-aus","glossary-product-contireflex-enhanced-aus"],"acf":{"gt-definition":"<p>Un urocultivo es una prueba de diagn\u00f3stico de laboratorio que implica cultivar e identificar bacterias, levaduras u otros microorganismos a partir de una muestra de orina.<sup>1<\/sup> Sirve como prueba est\u00e1ndar de oro para revelar el microorganismo causante de una infecci\u00f3n del tracto urinario (UTI).<sup>2<\/sup> La prueba funciona recolectando una muestra de orina y coloc\u00e1ndola en un medio de cultivo con nutrientes que alientan a los microorganismos a crecer.<sup>3<\/sup> Si est\u00e1n presentes, las bacterias u hongos se multiplicar\u00e1n y formar\u00e1n colonias visibles dentro de 24 a 48 horas, lo que permitir\u00e1 a los profesionales del laboratorio identificar el pat\u00f3geno espec\u00edfico.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Los urocultivos no solo detectan la presencia de microorganismos sino que tambi\u00e9n los cuantifican mediante recuentos de unidades formadoras de colonias (CFU), lo que ayuda a distinguir entre contaminaci\u00f3n e infecci\u00f3n verdadera.<sup>5<\/sup> Adem\u00e1s, cuando se identifican pat\u00f3genos, normalmente se realizan pruebas de susceptibilidad para determinar qu\u00e9 antibi\u00f3ticos inhibir\u00e1n eficazmente el crecimiento del microorganismo, lo que gu\u00eda el tratamiento adecuado. selecci\u00f3n.<sup>6<\/sup><\/p>","gt-synonyms":"Cultivo de orina y sensibilidad, Orina C y S, Cultivo bacteriano de orina, Cultivo microbiano de orina, Cultivo de orina con susceptibilidad","gt-citation":"[1] Sinawe H, Casadesus D. Urine Culture. StatPearls [Internet]. 2023 May 1. DOI: https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK557569\/\n\n[2] Schmiemann G, Kniehl E, Gebhardt K, Matejczyk MM, Hummers-Pradier E. The diagnosis of urinary tract infection: a systematic review. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2010;107(21):361-367. DOI: 10.3238\/arztebl.2010.0361\n\n[3] Hooton TM, Roberts PL, Cox ME, Stapleton AE. Voided midstream urine culture and acute cystitis in premenopausal women. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(20):1883-1891. DOI: 10.1056\/NEJMoa1302186\n\n[4] Price TK, Dune T, Hilt EE, et al. The Clinical Urine Culture: Enhanced Techniques Improve Detection of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms. J Clin Microbiol. 2016;54(5):1216-1222. DOI: 10.1128\/JCM.00044-16\n\n[5] Kass EH. Asymptomatic infections of the urinary tract. Trans Assoc Am Physicians. 1956;69:56-64.\n\n[6] Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. 31st ed. CLSI supplement M100. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; 2021.","gt-clinical-context":"<p>El urocultivo se utiliza principalmente para diagnosticar infecciones del tracto urinario (ITU), que se encuentran entre las principales causas de infecciones en los Estados Unidos.<sup>1<\/sup> A la edad de 18 a\u00f1os o m\u00e1s, al menos el 10% de las mujeres habr\u00e1n sido diagnosticadas con una ITU, y a la edad de 24 a\u00f1os, 1 de cada 3 mujeres habr\u00e1 sido tratada por una UTI.<sup>1<\/sup> Las UTI tambi\u00e9n son una de las infecciones nosocomiales m\u00e1s comunes y representan del 35% al 40% de todas las infecciones adquiridas en hospitales.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Los proveedores de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica generalmente solicitan un urocultivo cuando los pacientes presentan s\u00edntomas de una infecci\u00f3n urinaria, que pueden incluir una necesidad frecuente de orinar, dolor o ardor al orinar, orina turbia o con olor fuerte o dolor lumbar.<sup>3<\/sup> La prueba a menudo se realiza junto con un an\u00e1lisis de orina para proporcionar una evaluaci\u00f3n integral de la orina. salud.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Los urocultivos tambi\u00e9n se utilizan para detectar bacteriuria asintom\u00e1tica en mujeres embarazadas, una afecci\u00f3n que afecta aproximadamente del 2 % al 10 % de las mujeres embarazadas en los EE. UU.<sup>4<\/sup> Esta prueba es importante ya que la bacteriuria asintom\u00e1tica no tratada puede provocar infecciones renales m\u00e1s graves y aumentar el riesgo de parto prematuro y parto bajo. peso.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Despu\u00e9s del tratamiento para una ITU, se puede realizar un urocultivo para confirmar que la infecci\u00f3n se ha eliminado exitosamente, particularmente en casos de ITU complicadas o infecciones recurrentes.<sup>5<\/sup> Esta prueba de seguimiento garantiza que el microorganismo que causa la infecci\u00f3n se elimine por completo.<sup>6<\/sup><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Los m\u00e9todos de recolecci\u00f3n de muestras var\u00edan seg\u00fan los factores del paciente y el entorno cl\u00ednico. 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