Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in older adults

Theresa Anne Rowe; Manisha Juthani-Mehta

doi:10.1016/j.idc.2013.10.004

Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in older adults

Theresa Anne Rowe^*, Manisha Juthani-Mehta

^*Corresponding author for this work

Medicine, Geriatrics Division

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Abstract

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a commonly diagnosed infection in older adults. Despite consensus guidelines developed to assist providers in diagnosing UTI, distinguishing symptomatic UTI from asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in older adults is problematic, as many older adults do not present with localized genitourinary symptoms. This article summarizes the recent literature and guidelines on the diagnosis and management of UTI and ASB in older adults.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	75-89
Number of pages	15
Journal	Infectious disease clinics of North America
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2013.10.004
State	Published - Mar 2014

Keywords

Aging
Asymptomatic bacteriuria
Elderly
Urinary tract infection

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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