title: The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection.
abstract: Funguria rarely represents true infection in the urinary tract. Excluding yeast from the catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) surveillance definition reduced CAUTI rates by nearly 25% in community hospitals and at an academic, tertiary-care medical center.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Medicine,Division of Infectious Diseases,Duke University Medical Center,Durham,North Carolina.
authors.forename: Kristen V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Dicks
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Medicine,Division of Infectious Diseases,Duke University Medical Center,Durham,North Carolina.
authors.forename: Arthur W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Medicine,Division of Infectious Diseases,Duke University Medical Center,Durham,North Carolina.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Durkin
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Medicine,Division of Infectious Diseases,Duke University Medical Center,Durham,North Carolina.
authors.forename: Sarah S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Medicine,Division of Infectious Diseases,Duke University Medical Center,Durham,North Carolina.
authors.forename: Rebekah W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Moehring
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Medicine,Division of Infectious Diseases,Duke University Medical Center,Durham,North Carolina.
authors.forename: Deverick J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Medicine,Division of Infectious Diseases,Duke University Medical Center,Durham,North Carolina.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sexton
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Medicine,Division of Infectious Diseases,Duke University Medical Center,Durham,North Carolina.
authors.forename: Luke F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000652:urine; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*