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Association of Vaginal Ultrasound and Urinary Tract Infection
Steven G. Hammer, MD
Waukesha Health Care Waukesha, Wis
Arch Fam Med. 1997;6(1):18.
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The study by Drs Tiemstra and Sinacore1 on urinary tract infection in women who had undergone a recent pelvic examination highlights the need to assess patients for possible causative factors. Another possible association is illustrated by a 27-year-old Hispanic patient. She recently underwent an ultrasonographic examination for pelvic pain with a vaginal probe; the results of the study were normal. Seventeen days later, she experienced dysuria and then pyelonephritis. A culture yielded greater than 100 000 colonies/mL of Escherichia coli. She was treated with a combination of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and the urinary tract infection resolved. A Medline search for January 1, 1966, through June 30, 1996, using the keywords "ultrasound," "complications," and "transvaginal"showed no reports of a possible association. A prospective study would be valuable to evaluate transvaginal ultrasonography as a risk factor for urinary tract infection.
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