Utility of the blood culture in infection of the urinary tract with fever in the elderly

CONCLUSIONS: One third of elderly people hospitalized by tract urinary infection had bacteremia. Their detection was not associated with overall mortality. Disagree between blood and urine cultures in febrile is frequent, especially in patients with recent antibiotic treatment or recently hospitalized.PMID:33855845 | DOI:10.37201/req/156.2020

Source: Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia - April 15, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: E Álvarez Artero A Campo N úñez M Garcia Bravo I Garc ía García M Belhassen Garcia J Pardo Lled ías Source Type: research