Overprescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in older adults: a case series review of admissions in two UK hospitals

BACKGROUND: Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) with antibiotics is a concern. In older adults, diagnosis of UTI using near-patient urine tests (reagent strip tests, dipsticks) is advised against because the age-related increase in asymptomatic bacteriuria can cause fals...

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Autores principales: Rousham, Emily, Cooper, Michael, Petherick, Emily, Saukko, Paula, Oppenheim, Beryl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6498584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31073402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0519-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6498584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31073402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0519-1

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