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Antibiotic resistance changing management of urinary tract infections in aged care
Author(s) -
Weekes Lynn M
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja15.01005
Subject(s) - citation , resistance (ecology) , library science , antibiotic resistance , medicine , world wide web , antibiotics , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , ecology
UTIs can result in significant symptoms. When these are present, antibiotic treatment is typically indicated. However, for many people, including those in residential aged care facilities, asymptomatic bacteriuria has not been shown to be harmful. For this reason, routine testing for, or treatment of, asymptomatic UTIs in residential aged care facilities is not beneficial, except in catheterised patients at risk of complications, such as those with neutropenia.