Recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection

• Main Authors: Roi Piñeiro Pérez (Author), María José Cilleruelo Ortega (Author), Josefa Ares Álvarez (Author), Fernando Baquero-Artigao (Author), Juan Carlos Silva Rico (Author), Roberto Velasco Zúñiga (Author), Leticia Martínez Campos (Author), Begoña Carazo Gallego (Author), Antonio José Conejo Fernández (Author), Cristina Calvo (Author), Santiago Alfayate Miguélez (Author), Alicia Berghezan Suárez (Author), César García Vera (Author), Juan José García García (Author), Marisa Herreros (Author), Carlos Rodrigo Gonzalo de Liria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Urinary tract infection (UTI) is defined as the growth of microorganisms in a sterile urine culture in a patient with compatible clinical symptoms. The presence of bacteria without any symptoms is known as asymptomatic bacteriuria, and does not require any treatment. In neonates and infants, fever i...