Asymptomatic bacteriuria treatment is associated with a higher prevalence of antibiotic resistant strains in women with urinary tract infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1655-1661

  Cai, Tommaso ^a   Nesi, Gabriella ^d   Mazzoli, Sandra ^f   Meacci, Francesca ^f   Lanzafame, Paolo ^b   Caciagli, Patrizio ^b   Mereu, Liliana ^c   Tateo, Saverio ^c   Malossini, Gianni ^a   Selli, Cesare ^g   Bartoletti, Riccardo ^e  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (Italy)

^c Santa Chiara Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^d Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; antibiotic stewardship.; asymptomatic bacteriuria; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN TROMETAMOL; NITROFURANTOIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SERRATIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIURIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TRIMETHOPRIM, SULFAMETHOXAZOLE DRUG COMBINATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84951999126     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ696     Document Type: Article

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