Association of Increased Colony-Count Threshold for Urinary Pathogens in Hospitalized Patients With Antimicrobial Treatment

Association of Increased Colony-Count Threshold for Urinary Pathogens in Hospitalized Patients With Antimicrobial Treatment

This time series study evaluates whether increasing the threshold for identifying uropathogens is associated with a decrease in antimicrobial treatment.

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of internal medicine (1960) 2019-07, Vol.179 (7), p.990-992
Hauptverfasser: Smith, Marc-Andre, Puckrin, Robert, Lam, Philip W, Lamb, Michael J, Simor, Andrew E, Leis, Jerome A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antimicrobial agents
Asymptomatic Infections
Colony Count, Microbial
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing - prevention & control
Less Is More
Letters
Medical Overuse
Medical treatment
Online First
Pathogens
Patients
Research Letter
Studies
Urinary tract diseases
Urinary Tract Infections - diagnosis
Urine - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:This time series study evaluates whether increasing the threshold for identifying uropathogens is associated with a decrease in antimicrobial treatment.
ISSN:2168-6106
2168-6114
2168-6114
DOI:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0188