[HTML][HTML] Overtesting and undertesting in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JW O'Sullivan, A Albasri, BD Nicholson, R Perera… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Health systems are currently subject to unprecedented financial strains.
Inappropriate test use wastes finite health resources (overuse) and delays diagnoses and …

Recurrent uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women: AUA/CUA/SUFU guideline

J Anger, U Lee, AL Ackerman, R Chou… - The Journal of …, 2019 - auajournals.org
Purpose: This document seeks to establish guidance for the evaluation and management of
women with recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTI) to prevent inappropriate use of …

Tarnished Gold-the" Standard" Urine Culture: Reassessing the characteristics of a criterion standard for detecting urinary microbes

L Brubaker, TC Chai, H Horsley, R Khasriya… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) remains stagnant. The presumption
that a patient either has a UTI or not (binary choice) is inappropriately simplistic. Laboratory …

Incidence and management of uncomplicated recurrent urinary tract infections in a national sample of women in the United States

AM Suskind, CS Saigal, JM Hanley, J Lai, CM Setodji… - Urology, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the incidence and characteristics of women with uncomplicated
recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) and to explore whether the use of culture-driven …

[HTML][HTML] High dose versus low dose standardized cranberry proanthocyanidin extract for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection in healthy women: a double …

A Babar, L Moore, V Leblanc, S Dudonné, Y Desjardins… - BMC urology, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Our objective was to assess the efficacy of a high dose cranberry proanthocyanidin
extract for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection. Material and methods We …

Empirical treatment of lower urinary tract infections in the face of spreading multidrug resistance: in vitro study on the effectiveness of nitroxoline

A Sobke, O Makarewicz, M Baier, C Bär… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The spread of antimicrobial resistance challenges the empirical treatment of urinary tract
infections (UTIs). Among others, nitrofurantoin is recommended for first-line treatment, but …

Accuracy of urinary symptoms and urine microscopy in diagnosing urinary tract infection in women

NC Tan, AYL Koong, LP Ng, PL Hu, EYL Koh… - Family …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Women with urinary tract infections (UTIs) often present with urinary complaints
such as frequency of micturition, dysuria, foul-smelling urine and other non-specific …

[HTML][HTML] El urocultivo: prueba ineludible para el diagnóstico específico de la infección del tracto urinario y el uso racional de los antibióticos

JAL Vargas, GC Maya - Medicina & Laboratorio, 2020 - medigraphic.com
Las infecciones del tracto urinario son la tercera infección más frecuente que se presenta en
el ser humano y la segunda razón por la cual se prescriben antibióticos. Los cultivos de las …

[PDF][PDF] Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of community-acquired Gram-negative uropathogens

A Ali, V Tayebah, K Farid, A Tayebah… - African J Microbiol …, 2014 - researchgate.net
Drug resistance is now a public health crisis and global problem. This study was performed
to identify the antibiotic susceptibility of urinary tract infections (UTI) in Sanqar City of …

Emergence and control of multidrug resistant organisms in small cities in India: A wake up call

P Bhat, A Sarkar - Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2011 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Context: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) is one of the most common bacterial
infections in general practice. Antimicrobial resistance in urinary pathogens, particularly the …