antibioticsdiagnosisdisease incidencedisease preventiondrug therapyelderlyhuman diseasesmortalityurinary tract infectionswomenUrinary tract infection (UTI) is a very common infection among women of all ages. However, the incidence increases with older age and account for the substantial raise in morbidity, ...
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a very common infection among women of all ages. However, the incidence increases with older age and account for the substantial raise in morbidity, mortality and health economic costs in elderly people. Almost half of all women have suffered from at least one...
OBJECTIVE To analyze the costs of nitrofurantoin use compared to those of other antibiotics recommended for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI). PATIENTS AND METHODS We used a decision analysis model to perform cost-minimization and sensitivity analyses to determine the level of ...
Resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics (individually and grouped according to the AWaRe classification) for different isolates was reported as a percentage. To identify the factors independently associated with a UTI due to MDR organisms in a patient, a modified Poisson regression with robust ...