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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 • Infectious Diseases 7 Urinary Tract Infections IntroductIon According to the CDC, UTIs are the most common bacterial infection requiring medical care, resulting in 8.6 million ambulatory care visits in 2007, 23% of which …
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