147. Opportunities for Improving Urine Culturing Practices in U.S. Acute Care Hospitals, 2017-2020

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate urine cultures (UCs) lead to misdiagnosis and unnecessary antibiotic use and can impact surveillance. The absence of pyuria on a urinalysis (UA) has a high negative predictive value for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in certain settings and can reduce unnecessary UCs. UCs...

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Autores principales: Asonganyi, Nyawung, Kazakova, Sophia V, Baggs, James, Hatfield, Kelly M, Reddy, Sujan, Fridkin, Scott, Lutgring, Joseph D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678602/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.220

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678602/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.220

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