Tag: Urinary Tract Infections

Significant negative impacts seen on activity, productivity, cost, and health-related quality of life

Authors say the new algorithm could be used to safely withhold antibiotics in low-risk patients in the primary care setting

Cefepime/enmetazobactam is noninferior and superior to piperacillin/tazobactam for clinical cure and microbial eradication

Gut microbiome of women with a history of recurrent UTI depleted in microbial richness, butyrate-producing bacteria

Findings observed in patients with complicated urinary tract infection or acute pyelonephritis

Incidence of antibiotic-treated UTI during 12-month treatment period noninferior for methenamine hippurate versus prophylactic antibiotics

Fosfomycin not noninferior to ceftriaxone or meropenem for bacteremic urinary tract infection due to multidrug-resistant E. coli in adults

Seven days of antibiotics noninferior to 14-day course for resolution of symptoms among afebrile men with urinary tract infection

Many women receive prescriptions for inappropriate agents or durations; rural women more likely to receive Rx with inappropriately long duration

Authors say decision support tool could help reduce antibiotic resistance by cutting use of broad-spectrum antibiotics