Bacterial species and antimicrobial resistance differ between catheter and non-catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Data from a national surveillance network

• Main Authors: Stéphanie D'Incau (Author), Andrew Atkinson (Author), Lorenz Leitner (Author), Andreas Kronenberg (Author), Thomas M. Kessler (Author), Jonas Marschall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: To investigate clinically relevant microbiological characteristics of uropathogens and to compare patients with catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) to those with non-CAUTIs. Methods: All urine cultures from the calendar year 2019 of the Swiss Centre for Antibiot...