Journal
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 11, Pages 1116-1119Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/647981
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- National Institute on Aging [T32-AG019134, R03-AG028057, K23-AG028691]
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center [P30-AG21342]
- Atlantic Philanthropies
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
- John A. Hartford Foundation
- Association of Specialty Professors
- National Center for Research Resources [UL1 RR024139]
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In our study of nursing home residents with clinically suspected urinary tract infection who did not require the use of an indwelling catheter, we identified bacteria isolated from urine samples, the resistance patterns of these isolated bacteria, and the antibiotic therapy prescribed to the residents. Escherichia coli, the predominant organism isolated, frequently was resistant to commonly prescribed oral antibiotics. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole remains the best empiric antimicrobial therapy for a urinary tract infection, but nitrofurantoin should be considered if E. coli is identified.
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