Asymptomatic bacteriuria in recurrent UTI – to treat or not to treat

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) is a common clinical condition that often leads to unnecessary antimicrobial use. The reduction of antibiotic overuse for ABU is consequently an important issue for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce the emergence of multidrug resistant strains. In the clinical settin...

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Main Authors: Cai, Tommaso, Bartoletti, Riccardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2017-12-01
Series:GMS Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/id/2017-5/id000035.shtml