Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Is Rarely Symptomatic
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- 13 March 2000
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- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 160 (5) , 678-682
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.160.5.678
Abstract
CATHETER-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is the most common nosocomial infection, accounting for up to 40% of all nosocomial infections and more than 1 million cases in US hospitals and nursing homes each year.1-3 Up to half of the patients requiring an indwelling urethral catheter for 5 days or longer will develop bacteriuria or candiduria.1-3 Silent catheter-associated bacteriuria comprises a huge reservoir of antibiotic-resistant organisms in the hospital, particularly on critical care units.4-13Keywords
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