Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated With Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Hospitalized Patients

A Petty, Lindsay; M. Vaughn, Valerie; A. Flanders, Scott; N. Malani, Anurag; Conlon, Anna; S. Kaye, Keith; Thyagarajan, Rama; Osterholzer, Danielle; Nielsen, Daniel; Eschenauer, Gregory; Bloemers, Sarah; McLaughlin, Elizabeth; Gandhi, Tejal

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2871

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Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated With Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Hospitalized Patients

Published in JAMA Internal Medicine • Aug 26, 2019

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Lindsay A Petty

Valerie M. Vaughn

Scott A. Flanders

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) with antibiotics is a common factor in inappropriate antibiotic use, but risk factors and outcomes associated with treatment of ASB in hospitalized patients are not well defined. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate factors associated with treatment of ASB a...

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Medicine

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