Utility of Urine Cultures in Predicting Blood Culture Susceptibilities in Patients with Bacteremic Urinary Tract Infection | Zendy

Philip W. Lam | Zendy; J. Bradley Wiggers | Zendy; Jennifer Lo | Zendy; Derek R. MacFadden | Zendy; Nick Daneman | Zendy

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Utility of Urine Cultures in Predicting Blood Culture Susceptibilities in Patients with Bacteremic Urinary Tract Infection

Author(s) -

Philip W. Lam,

J. Bradley Wiggers,

Jennifer Lo,

Derek R. MacFadden,

Nick Daneman

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.01606-18

Subject(s) - urine , urinary system , blood culture , antibiotics , medicine , bacteremia , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , biology

In a review of 428 patients with bacteremic urinary tract infections, urine culture susceptibility results accurately predicted blood culture results when the same organism was isolated from both cultures. Early targeted therapy using urine culture results can potentially reduce broad-spectrum antibiotic exposure and its associated adverse effects and the length of hospitalization.

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