Key Clinical Points Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis and Pyelonephritis Acute uncomplicated
cystitis rarely progresses to severe disease, even if untreated; thus, the primary goal of …

Background Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a bacterial infection of the urine without any of the
typical symptoms that are associated with a urinary infection, and occurs in 2% to 15% of …

Guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention, and management of persons with catheter-
associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI), both symptomatic and asymptomatic, were …

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 …

Urinary tract infections are the most common outpatient infections, but predicting the
probability of urinary tract infections through symptoms and test results can be complex. The …

Urinary tract infections account for more than 7 million visits to physicians' offices and
necessitate or complicate well over 1 million hospital admissions in the United States …

Blood culture contamination represents an ongoing source of frustration for clinicians and
microbiologists alike. Ambiguous culture results often lead to diagnostic uncertainty in …

Background Although acute urinary tract infections are common in young women, the
associated risk factors have not been defined prospectively. Methods We recruited sexually …

Acute, uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adults include episodes of acute cystitis and
acute pyelonephritis occurring in otherwise healthy individuals, most of whom are women …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections and account
for a significant part of the workload in clinical microbiology laboratories. Enteric bacteria (in …