Antimicrobial therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria or candiduria in advanced cancer patients transitioning to comfort measures

Among 300 advanced cancer patients with potential urinary tract infection (UTI), 19 had symptomatic UTI. Among remaining patients (n = 281), 21% had asymptomatic bacteriuria or candiduria, and 14% received inappropriate therapy for 279 antimicrobial days. Bacteriuria or candiduria predicted antimicr...

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Published in:Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Main Authors: Datta, Rupak, Wang, Tianyun, Zhu, Mojun, Dembry, Louise Marie, Han, Ling, Allore, Heather, Quagliarello, Vincent, Juthani-Mehta, Manisha
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6482377/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30821230
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.22
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