Effect of urine reflex culturing on rates of cultures and infections in acute and long-term care

BACKGROUND: Urine cultures are often positive in the absence of a urinary tract infection (UTI). Pyuria is generally considered necessary to diagnose a UTI. PROBLEM: Urine cultures are often positive in the absence of UTI leading to unnecessary antibiotics. METHODS: Quasi-experimental pre-post study...

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Autores principales: Lynch, Chelsea S., Appleby-Sigler, Andrea, Bork, Jacqueline T., Davé, Rohini, Agnes, Kathy, Sanikop, Molly, Heath, Doris, Clark, Arlene F., Claeys, Kimberly, Zhan, Min, Morgan, Daniel J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7325138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32600416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00762-1

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