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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 las infecciones del tracto urinario (ITU), que se encuentran entre las principales causas de infecci\u00f3n.<sup>1<\/sup> A la edad de 18 a\u00f1os, al menos el 10% de las mujeres habr\u00e1 sido diagnosticada de una ITU y, a los 24 a\u00f1os, 1 de cada 3 mujeres habr\u00e1 recibido tratamiento por una ITU.<sup>1<\/sup> Las ITU son tambi\u00e9n una de las infecciones nosocomiales m\u00e1s frecuentes; hist\u00f3ricamente se ha descrito que representan hasta el 35% al 40% de todas las infecciones adquiridas en el hospital.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Los profesionales sanitarios suelen solicitar un urocultivo cuando los pacientes presentan s\u00edntomas de ITU, que pueden incluir necesidad frecuente de orinar, dolor o escozor al orinar, orina turbia o de olor fuerte, o dolor en la parte baja de la espalda.<sup>3<\/sup> La prueba suele realizarse junto con un an\u00e1lisis de orina para obtener una evaluaci\u00f3n integral de la salud urinaria.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Los urocultivos tambi\u00e9n se utilizan para el cribado de la bacteriuria asintom\u00e1tica en mujeres embarazadas, una afecci\u00f3n descrita en aproximadamente el 2% al 15% de los embarazos.<sup>4<\/sup> Este cribado es importante porque la bacteriuria asintom\u00e1tica no tratada puede provocar infecciones renales m\u00e1s graves y aumentar el riesgo de parto prematuro y de bajo peso al nacer.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Tras el tratamiento de una ITU, puede realizarse un urocultivo para confirmar que la infecci\u00f3n se ha eliminado, sobre todo en los casos de ITU complicadas o de infecciones recurrentes.<sup>5<\/sup> Esta prueba de control garantiza que el microorganismo causante de la infecci\u00f3n se ha eliminado por completo.<sup>6<\/sup><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Los m\u00e9todos de recogida de la muestra var\u00edan seg\u00fan los factores del paciente y el entorno cl\u00ednico. El m\u00e9todo m\u00e1s habitual es la t\u00e9cnica de recogida limpia del chorro medio, que presenta una correlaci\u00f3n razonablemente buena con m\u00e9todos de recogida m\u00e1s invasivos, como la punci\u00f3n suprap\u00fabica y la t\u00e9cnica de sondaje \u00fanico.<sup>1<\/sup> En los pacientes que no pueden recoger la muestra por s\u00ed mismos, los m\u00e9todos alternativos incluyen el sondaje, la recogida con bolsa colectora de orina (en lactantes y ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os) o la aspiraci\u00f3n.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>","gt-related-evidence":null,"gt-featured":true,"gt-ai-referenced":false,"gt-view-count":186},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Urocultivo: Lab Test for Diagnosing Urinary Tract Infections<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"El urocultivo es una prueba diagn\u00f3stica que detecta bacterias en la orina y orienta el tratamiento antibi\u00f3tico de infecciones urinarias.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/es\/glossary-term\/urocultivo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Urocultivo - 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