Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infection in Older Adults

Overview

Journal Infect Dis Clin North Am

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2014 Feb 4

PMID 24484576

Citations 103

Authors

Theresa Anne Rowe

Manisha Juthani-Mehta

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Abstract

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a commonly diagnosed infection in older adults. Despite consensus guidelines developed to assist providers in diagnosing UTI, distinguishing symptomatic UTI from asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in older adults is problematic, as many older adults do not present with localized genitourinary symptoms. This article summarizes the recent literature and guidelines on the diagnosis and management of UTI and ASB in older adults.

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