Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults
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Asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults.
A common dilemma in clinical medicine is whether to treat asymptomatic patients who present with bacteria in their urine. There are few scenarios in which antibiotic treatment of asymptomatic bacteruria has been shown to improve patient outcomes. Because of increasing antimicrobial resistance, it is important not to treat patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria unless there is evidence of potent...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.10060