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Epidemiology of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections due to Enterobacterales Among Adult Patients Presenting in Emergency Departments Across the United States.

Thomas P LodiseTeena ChopraBrian H NathansonKatherine SulhamMauricio Rodriguez
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)
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.
Keyphrases
  • urinary tract infection
  • emergency department
  • risk factors
  • young adults
  • electronic health record
  • anaerobic digestion