Urinary Tract Infections among Febrile Infants in Qatar: Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Versus Non-ESBL Organisms.
Mohammad QusadIhsan ElhalabiSamer AliKhaled SiddiqLujain LoayAbdallah AloteibyGhada Al AnsariBassem MoustafaTawa OlukadeMohammed Al AmriAshraf SolimanAhmed KhalilPublished in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
prevailed as the predominant causative agents in febrile children in Qatar, with hydronephrosis being identified as the most common urological anomaly. Moreover, our findings suggested that gentamicin served as a viable non-carbapenem option for hospitalized ESBL cases, while oral nitrofurantoin showed considerable promise for uncomplicated ESBL UTIs.