Detección de infección de vías urinarias mediante el examen elemental y microscópico de orina en los habitantes de Caguanapamba Tambo. Cañar, 2015

Abstract

Background: urinary tract infection corresponds to the invasion of microorganisms to tissues that make the urinary tract, at any level, the symptoms depends on the site and location of the infection. Women because their urethra is shorter than men have a higher chance of getting a urinary tract infection (UTI). Objective: To identify urinary tract infection, by elemental and microscopic examination of urine, the inhabitants of the community Caguanapamba Cañar Tambo. Methodology: The study was descriptive cross section was obtained in the community of Caguanapamba belonging to El Tambo Canton, the universe was composed of 361 inhabitants of the community according to the document of territorial planning of the canton, the sample was represented by 186 people who signed the informed consent where the whole process to be followed in the investigation it was reported after a survey, compiled information which data related to the variables considered affiliation and applied study. The samples were recolected with quality and biosafety standards to ensure the results. Processing them Laboratory Diagnostic Center at the University of Cuenca. For the analysis of results the SPSS V22 and Microsoft Excel software was used for descriptive statistics were used charts and graphs. Results: Of the 186 people Caguanapamba community, who participated in this study, 14% had urinary tract infection, 84.6% of these are women, of which the age group with the highest percentage is 5 to 12 years 38.5%, 23.1% are over 65 years, 53.8 % said they had voluntarily withheld urine