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    Identificación deinfección del tracto urinario según el examen elemental y microscópico de orina en los habitantes de diecinueve a cuarenta años de Quilloac. Cañar, 2014
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2015-11-11) Lata Siavichay, Paola Monserrath; Olalla Jara, César Enrique; Cárdenas Carrera, Jenny Carola; Verdugo Sánchez, Adriana Elizabeth
    Background: Urinary infections are the second most common infection of primary health care,mainly caused by bacterium, Women, age, pregnancy, among others increase the risk of infection. Objective: To identify urinary tract infection according to the elemental and microscopic examination of urine in the inhabitants of nineteen to forty years of Quilloac, 2014. Methods: Cross-sectional study of a finite universe of 450 people of 19-40 years. The sampling frame was 234 persons, selected by convenience and represented 50% of the universe. After the signing of the informed consent through a survey, we collected information related to the demographics and variables of the study, samples were processed in the laboratory of the School of Medical Technology, under standards of biosecurity and quality control. With the support of SPSS v22 and Office Excel 2010 information was processed to establish the descriptive statistics and graphs. Results: Of 234 samples processed 37.6% had urinary infection, 90.9% of them are women. 43.2% corresponds to the group between 19 and 25 years, 63.6% have sex. Conclusion: the urinary infections affect principally women and are significantly related to sexual activity and recurrent infections.