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Efficacy and Safety of Oral Fosfomycin for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Results from a Spanish Multicenter Cohort
Author(s) -
María RuizRuigómez,
Mario FernándezRuiz,
José Tiago Silva,
Elisa Vidal,
Julia Origüen,
Antonia CalvoCano,
Enrique Luna,
Esperanza Merino,
Domingo Hernández,
Cristina JirondaGallegos,
Rosa Escudero-Sánchez,
Francesca Gioia,
Antonio Moreno,
Cristina Roca-Oporto,
Elisa Cordero,
Darío Janeiro,
Beatriz SánchezSobrino,
M. Montero,
Dolores RedondoPachón,
Francisco Javier Candel,
Isabel PérezFlores,
Carlos Armiñanzas,
Claudia GonzalezRico,
María Carmen Fariñas,
Emilio Rodrigo,
Belén Loeches,
María O. LópezOliva,
Miguel Montejo,
Ricardo Lauzurica,
Juan Pablo Horcajada,
Julio Pascual,
Amado Andrés,
José María Aguado,
Francisco LópezMedrano
Publication year - 2021
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.02267-20
Subject(s) - fosfomycin , medicine , asymptomatic , asymptomatic bacteriuria , kidney transplantation , bacteriuria , transplantation , cohort study , cohort , kidney transplant , intensive care medicine , urinary system , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Current guidelines recommend against systematic screening for or treating asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) among kidney transplant (KT) recipients, although the evidence regarding episodes occurring early after transplantation or in the presence of anatomical abnormalities is inconclusive. Oral fosfomycin may constitute a good option for the treatment of posttransplant AB, particularly due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) uropathogens.

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