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Urinary Tract Infections - ACCP
7 PSAP 2018 BOOK 1 Infectious DiseasesUrinary Tract InfectionsIntroductIonAccording to the CDC, UTIs are the most common bacterial infection requiring medical care, resulting in million ambulatory care visits in 2007, 23% of which occurred in the ED (CDC 2011). Over million patients in the United States visited the ED for the treatment of UTIs between 2006 and 2009 and million patients ( ) were admit-ted to acute care hospitals (Sammon 2014). The economic burden of using the ED for the treatment of UTIs is estimated at $2 billion annu-ally. In addition, UTIs rank as the No. 1 infection that leads to an anti-biotic prescription after a physician s visit (Abbo 2014).Catheter-associated UTIs (CA-UTIs) are the most common type of health care associated Infections reported to the National Health-care Safety Network, making up two-thirds of hospital-acquired UTIs (CDC 2017). The symptoms of UTIs are generally mild, and inappro-priate use of antibiotics can lead to antibiotic resistance; therefore, it is important to establish the appropriate criteria for treatment using narrow-spectrum antibiotics for the optimal Up to 60% of women have at least one symptomatic UTI during their lifetime.
PSAP 2018 BOOK 1 t Infectious Diseases 8 Urinary Tract Infections Pathophysiology Lower UTIs, also known as cystitis, are significantly more prevalent in women than in men. This is primarily because of anatomic differences, including shorter urethral length and moist periurethral environment in women. Urinary tract infections typically start ...
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