Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

Urinalysis did not accurately diagnose UTIs in children with spina bifida, according to study results published in Pediatrics.

An artificial intelligence chatbot demonstrated greater probabilistic reasoning than clinicians when estimating the probability of a diagnosis after a patient received a negative test result, a recent study showed.

Inappropriate antibiotic treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria is common in critical access hospitals, researchers reported.

Antibiotic use in asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a commonly encountered issue for a stewardship pharmacist and one of the most frustrating.

Avoiding unnecessary urine cultures was more effective in reducing antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria than stewardship efforts focused on reducing unnecessary antibiotic treatment, a recent study found.

WASHINGTON — Decreases in urine cultures for asymptomatic bacteriuria reduced unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for UTIs, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

Roughly seven out of 10 primary care clinicians would inappropriately prescribe antibiotic treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria, even for patients without risk factors, according to researchers.

Study findings published in The Journal of Pediatrics suggest that following current guidelines for the diagnosis of UTI in children may result in many children with a UTI going untreated, researchers said.

Pregnant women should be screened for asymptomatic bacteriuria using a urine culture, according to a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement published in JAMA.

Inappropriate antibiotic treatment is common in hospitalized patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria, particularly among elderly patients with altered mental status, and it may lead to increased length of hospital stay, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.