Results 21 to 30 of about 340,891 (299)

A Statewide Quality Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2023
This quality improvement study aims to determine whether diagnostic stewardship (avoiding unnecessary urine cultures) or antibiotic stewardship (reducing unnecessary antibiotic treatment after an unnecessary culture) is associated with better outcomes in
Valerie M. Vaughn, Ashwin Gupta, Lindsay A. Petty, A. Malani, Danielle Osterholzer, P. Patel, Mariam Younas, S. Bernstein, S. Burdick, D. Ratz, J. Szymczak, E. Mclaughlin, T. Czilok, Tanima Basu, J. Horowitz, S. Flanders, Tejal N. Gandhi   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analysis of an Antibiotic Stewardship Program for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System

JAMA Network Open, 2022
Key Points Question Can a quality improvement antibiotic stewardship intervention implemented through external and internal facilitation decrease urine culture orders and antibiotic use for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB)?
L. Grigoryan, A. Naik, Paola Lichtenberger, C. Graber, P. Patel, D. Drekonja, Timothy P. Gauthier, B. Shukla, A. Sales, S. Krein, J. Van, Laura M. Dillon, S. Hysong, J. Kramer, A. Walder, D. Ramsey, B. Trautner   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploration of Primary Care Clinician Attitudes and Cognitive Characteristics Associated With Prescribing Antibiotics for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

JAMA Network Open, 2022
Key Points Question Are certain clinician attitudes and characteristics associated with unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for asymptomatic bacteriuria?
Jonathan D. Baghdadi, D. Korenstein, Lisa Pineles, Laura D. Scherer, A. Lydecker, L. Magder, Deborah Stevens, D. Morgan   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus at a Tertiary Care Center [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2013
Objective: Patients with diabetes mellitus have a higher prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and incidence of urinary tract infections compared to patients without diabetes mellitus.
Shashidhar Vishwanath, Radhika Sarda, Annet Olinda D’souza, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Asymptomatic bacteriuria of pregnant women in a tertiary care centre

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022
BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is commonly seen during pregnancy due to the various morphological, hormonal, and physiological changes the body undergoes.
Meenakshi Totadhri, Anandhi Lakshmanan, MP Saraswathy, Manisha S Mane   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Interpreting asymptomatic bacteriuria [PDF]

BMJ, 2011
Testing for and treating bacteriuria in children and non-pregnant adults without specific symptoms of urinary tract infection or sepsis is of uncertain ...
Cormican, M., Murphy, A. W., Vellinga, A.   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2016
Gerd Fätkenheuer, Norma Jung
openalex   +4 more sources

Significance of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

European Medical Journal, 2017
Since the recognition of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU), several studies have questioned its significance. It is a very common condition, observed in many healthy individuals.
Jharna Mandal
doaj   +2 more sources

Associations of delirium with urinary tract infections and asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults aged 65 and older: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2021
To determine the associations of delirium with urinary tract infection (UTI) and asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) in individuals aged 65 and older.
Damir Krinitski, Rafal Kasina, S. Klöppel, Eric Lenouvel   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections and Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults

Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports, 2021
Our goal was to summarize recent evidence regarding recurrent urinary tract infections and asymptomatic bacteriuria in different adult populations. Several research groups are focused on the description of resident bacterial flora in the bladder and ...
David Hernández-Hernández, B. Padilla-Fernández, M. Ortega-González, D. Castro-Díaz   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source