Epidemiology of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections due to Enterobacterales Among Adult Patients Presenting in Emergency Departments Across the United States
Thomas P. Lodise, Teena Chopra, Brian H. Nathanson, Katherine A. Sulham, Mauricio Rodríguez
Abstract
In this multicenter study of adult patients who presented to the emergency department with an Enterobacterales complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI), high rates of resistance and co-resistance to commonly used oral antibiotics (fluoroquinolones, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, nitrofurantoin, and third-generation cephalosporins) were observed.
Topics & Concepts
NitrofurantoinMedicineEmergency departmentUrinary systemTrimethoprimEpidemiologyCephalosporinSulfamethoxazoleAntibioticsInternal medicineIntensive care medicinePediatricsAntibiotic resistanceMicrobiologyPsychiatryBiologyUrinary Tract Infections ManagementPediatric Urology and Nephrology StudiesEnterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research