Antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in kidney transplant recipients.

CONCLUSIONS: Currently, there is insufficient evidence to support routinely treating kidney transplant recipients with antibiotics in case of asymptomatic bacteriuria after transplantation, but data are scarce. Further studies assessing routine antibiotic treatment would inform practice and we await the results of three ongoing randomised studies, which may help resolve existing uncertainties. PMID: 29390169 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29390169?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - February 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Coussement J, Scemla A, Abramowicz D, Nagler EV, Webster AC Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research