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Importance of Urinary Tract Infection to Antibiotic Use Among Hospitalized Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Tejal Gandhi ,
Scott A. Flanders ,
Erica Markovitz ,
Sanjay Saint  and
Daniel R. Kaul
Tejal Gandhi
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Scott A. Flanders
Affiliation:
Division of General Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Erica Markovitz
Affiliation:
Division of General Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sanjay Saint
Affiliation:
Division of General Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, and Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Daniel R. Kaul*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, 3120 Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5378 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Many patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria receive extended courses of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Antibiotic use was analyzed in patients admitted to the hospital with urinary tract infection. Strategies to optimize antibiotic use for such patients are discussed and include implementing a process whereby a urine culture is automatically performed if a urinalysis result suggests infection.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , February 2009 , pp. 193 - 195
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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