Nosocomial bacteriuria in elderly inpatients may be leading to considerable antibiotic overuse: an audit of current management practice in a secondary level care hospital in New Zealand

BACKGROUND: Bacteriuria in the form of symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) and asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is common in the elderly. There is no clinical benefit obtained by treating elderly individuals with ASB. However, its high prevalence leads to the overdiagnosis of UTI and unnecessary...

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Autores principales: Blakiston, Matthew, Zaman, Syed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4235501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25419149
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S66036

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4235501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25419149
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S66036

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