Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in School Going Children: A Study in Nepal

Asymtomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is defined as the presence of ? 105 colony forming units (cfu) of a single type of bacteria per milliliter of urine detected by culture of mid stream urine specimen in asymptomatic patients.1 ASB occurs in up to 6.0% of healthy individuals. Asymptomatic infection of the urinary tract infection (UTI) is probably the commonest bacterial infection encountered by physicians at their clinics and hospitals. It also refers to microbial colonization of the urinary tract and tissue invasion.2