7-day antibiotic therapy is noninferior to 14-day therapy in afebrile men with urinary tract infection
1. A double-blinded, randomized controlled trial found that there were no significant differences between afebrile men treated for 7 days ...
Tag: urinary tract infection (UTI)
#VisualAbstract: Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors and the Risk for Severe Urinary Tract Infections
1. No significant difference in severe UTIs was observed between patients starting SGLT-2 inhibitors for type 2 diabetes, compared to ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind August 12, 2019
Efficacy of prehospital criteria in identifying trauma patients susceptible to undertriage While the early recognition of severe traumatic injury is ...
SGLT-2 inhibitors not associated with increased risk for severe UTI
1. No significant difference in severe UTIs was observed between patients starting SGLT-2 inhibitors for type 2 diabetes, compared to ...
Quick Take: Antibiotic management of urinary tract infection in elderly patients in primary care and its association with bloodstream infections and all-cause mortality
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common bacterial infection in elderly patients, and the spectrum of illness ranges from ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind March 4, 2019
Antiplatelet Therapy vs Anticoagulation Therapy in Cervical Artery Dissection: The Cervical Artery Dissection in Stroke Study (CADISS) Randomized Clinical Trial ...
Better UTI resolution with 5-day nitrofurantoin over single-dose fosfomycin
1. In this randomized controlled trial, women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections receiving 5-days of nitrofurantoin experienced increased clinical and ...
Meropenem-vaborbactam non-inferior to piperacillin-tazobactam for complicated urinary tract infections: The TANGO I trial
1. In this randomized controlled trial, meropenem-vaborbactam was found to be non-inferior to piperacillin-tazobactam for treating complicated urinary tract infections ...
Urinalysis highly sensitive and specific for UTI in febrile infants
1. Urinalysis had ≥90% sensitivity and specificity in identifying urinary tract infection (UTI) among infants ≤60 days old with fever, ...
More physicians are choosing shorter intravenous antibiotic courses for infantile urinary tract infections
1. Proportion of children ≤60 days old receiving more than 4 days (long-course) of intravenous (IV) antibiotics for urinary tract ...
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