Welcome to CDC stacks |
Stacks Logo
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.
 
 
Help
Clear All Simple Search
Advanced Search
Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Hospitalized Patients
  • Published Date:
    Mar 17 2016
  • Source:
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 37(6):749-751.
Filetype[PDF-41.50 KB]


No Related Documents.
You May Also Like:
  1. Patient characteristics but not virulence factors discriminate between asymptomatic and symptomatic E. coli bacteriuria in the hospital
    Personal Author:
    Marschall, Jonas; Piccirillo, Marilyn L.; Foxman, Betsy; Zhang, Lixin; Warren, David K.; Henderson, Jeffrey P.;
    Published Date:
    May 10 2013
    Source:
    BMC Infect Dis. 2013; 13:213.
    Description:
    BackgroundEscherichia coli is a common cause of asymptomatic and symptomatic bacteriuria in hospitalized patients. Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is frequently treated with antibiotics without a clear indication. Our goal was to determine patient and...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 192.24 KB]
  2. The Use of Clinical Decision Support in Reducing Diagnosis of and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
    Personal Author:
    Keller, Sara C.; Feldman, Leonard; Smith, Janessa; Pahwa, Amit; Cosgrove, Sara E.; Chida, Natasha;
    Published Date:
    December 06 2017
    Source:
    J Hosp Med. 13(6):392-395
    Description:
    Clinical decision support (CDS) embedded within the electronic health record (EHR) is a potential antibiotic stewardship strategy for hospitalized patients. Reduction in urine testing and treating asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is an important strate...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 242.92 KB]
  3. Unnecessary use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in hospitalized patients
    Personal Author:
    Werner, Nicole L; Hecker, Michelle T; Sethi, Ajay K; Donskey, Curtis J;
    Published Date:
    Jul 05 2011
    Source:
    BMC Infect Dis. 2011; 11:187.
    Description:
    BackgroundFluoroquinolones are among the most commonly prescribed antimicrobials and are an important risk factor for colonization and infection with fluoroquinolone-resistant gram-negative bacilli and for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). In th...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 250.25 KB]
  4. Effect of changing urine testing orderables and clinician order sets on inpatient urine culture testing: Analysis from a large academic medical center
    Personal Author:
    Munigala, Satish; Rojek, Rebecca; Wood, Helen; Yarbrough, Melanie L; Jackups, Ronald R; Burnham, Carey-Ann D; Warren, David K;
    Published Date:
    February 21 2019
    Source:
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 40(3):281-286
    Description:
    Objective:To evaluate the impact of changes to urine testing orderables in computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system on urine culturing practices.Design:Retrospective before (January 2015 to April 2016) and after (May 2016 to August 2017) stud...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 519.90 KB]
  5. Antibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can
    Personal Author:
    SRINIVASAN, ARJUN
    Published Date:
    Sep 2017
    Source:
    Cleve Clin J Med. 84(9):673-679
    Description:
    Improving our antibiotic use is critical to the safety of our patients and the future of medicine. This can improve patient outcomes, save money, reduce resistance, and help prevent negative consequences such as Clostridium difficile infection. The U...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 68.70 KB]