Asymptomatic bacteriuria or symptomatic urinary tract infection? That is the question.

Autor:	Smithson, Alejandro
Předmět:	URINARY tract infection diagnosis ANTIBIOTICS URINARY tract infections MEDICAL protocols DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis CLINICAL decision support systems ANTIMICROBIAL stewardship BACTERIURIA SYMPTOMS
Zdroj:	Academic Emergency Medicine; Aug2024, Vol. 31 Issue 8, p837-837, 1p
Abstrakt:	The author comments on a study by Brett Biebelberg and colleagues which focuses on the challenge posed by atypical symptoms in emergency department patients with urosepsis on the urinary tract infection (UTI) management guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He argues that the diagnosis of UTI in older patients is challenging due to its atypical presentation frequent absence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).
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