Antimicrobial Stewardship and Urinary Tract Infections

Antimicrobial Stewardship and Urinary Tract Infections.

Urinary tract infections are the most common bacterial infections encountered in ambulatory and long-term care settings in the United States. Urine samples are the largest single category of specimens received by most microbiology laboratories and many such cultures are collected from patients who have no or questionable urinary symptoms. Unfortunately, antimicrobials are often prescribed inapp...

Antimicrobial treatment for urinary tract infections

The aims of treatment One of the aims of treatment of urinary tract infection is to relieve distressing symptoms as quickly as possible. Another is to prevent recurrent infections in those children who experience frequently recurring symptomatic urinary tract infection. A third objective is to prevent infections in children who are deemed to be at greatest risk of developing reflux nephropathy ...

Antimicrobial treatment for urinary tract infections.

The aims of treatment One of the aims of treatment of urinary tract infection is to relieve distressing symptoms as quickly as possible. Another is to prevent recurrent infections in those children who experience frequently recurring symptomatic urinary tract infection. A third objective is to prevent infections in children who are deemed to be at greatest risk of developing reflux nephropathy ...

Antimicrobial Stewardship Among Hospitalized Patients with Influenza Respiratory Tract Infections

Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns In Community Acquired Urinary Tract Infections.

BACKGROUND Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most frequent disease for which patients seek medical care. The antimicrobial agents causing UTI and their sensitivity patterns have remarkably changed throughout the world over the past few years. Hence, the present study was designed to explore the uropathogens and their susceptibility to various molecules in our region. METHODS This descripti...