Prevalence of and risk factors for bacteremic UTIs in hospitalized adults without definitive signs or symptoms of UTI

• Main Authors: Sonali Advani (Author), David Ratz (Author), Jennifer Horowitz (Author), Lindsay Petty (Author), Kenneth Schmader (Author), Tawny Czilok (Author), Anurag Malani (Author), Tejal Gandhi (Author), Scott Flanders (Author), Valerie Vaughn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: IDSA guidelines recommend withholding treatment in patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria in the absence of systemic signs of infection. However, some patients with bacteriuria may not be able to express symptoms either due to presence of indwelling catheter, underlying complicated urolo...