Inappropriate Treatment of Catheter‐Associated Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in a Tertiary Care Hospital | Zendy

Matthew Cope | Zendy; Manuel Cevallos | Zendy; Richard M. Cadle | Zendy; Rabih O. Darouiche | Zendy; Daniel M. Musher | Zendy; Barbara W. Trautner | Zendy

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Inappropriate Treatment of Catheter‐Associated Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Author(s) -

Matthew Cope,

Manuel Cevallos,

Richard M. Cadle,

Rabih O. Darouiche,

Daniel M. Musher,

Barbara W. Trautner

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/597403

Subject(s) - medicine , bacteriuria , asymptomatic , urinary system , asymptomatic bacteriuria , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , catheter , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Evidence-based guidelines state that asymptomatic bacteriuria is not a clinically significant condition in men and nonpregnant women and that treatment is unlikely to confer clinical benefit. We hypothesized that, among patients with indwelling catheters or condom collection systems, many who receive a diagnosis of and are treated for catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) actually have asymptomatic bacteriuria and, therefore, that antibiotic therapy is inappropriate.

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