Urinary Tract Infection

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.

Oral tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide is noninferior to IV ertapenem for the treatment of complicated UTI and acute pyelonephritis, according to the results of a phase 3 trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

A kidney disease panel for 382 genes yielded a high success rate and was effective in identifying monogenic variants underlying inherited kidney diseases, according to data published in the American Journal of Nephrology.

By the age of 15 years, one-third of patients in a study from the Netherlands experienced one or more signs of kidney injury, leading researchers to believe the cause of solitary functioning kidney may impact the risk of kidney injury.

urine culture combined with empirical antibiotics strategy , according to researchers.

The pain and discomfort that women experience with recurrent UTIs are compounded by the frustration that they feel from their limited treatment options, according to a focus group study in The Journal of Urology.

Between two first-line agents for uncomplicated UTIs, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was associated with a higher risk for several adverse drug events compared with nitrofurantoin, researchers reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

A 7-day course of ciprofloxacin or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for presumed, symptomatic UTI in afebrile men was noninferior to 14 days of treatment, a randomized trial showed.

The AAP issued guidance on evaluating and managing fevers in infants aged 8 to 60 days who have a temperature at or above 100.4°F but appear otherwise healthy.

An intervention researchers hoped would improve infection management did not significantly reduce antimicrobial use among nursing home residents with dementia, data showed.