The influence of contaminated urine cultures in inpatient and emergency department settings.
We retrospectively evaluated 131 patients with contaminated urine cultures during a 12-month period. Sixty-four patients (48.8%) experienced 139 potential complications related to these specimens. The most common complication was inappropriate antibiotic administration (noted in 58 patients [44.3%]). Contaminated urine cultures led to additional diagnostic evaluation and unnecessary antibiotic use.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Benjamin T
BT
Klausing
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Stacey D
SD
Tillman
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Patty W
PW
Wright
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN. Electronic address: tom.talbot@vanderbilt.edu.
Thomas R
TR
Talbot
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016482:Urinalysis; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*; D059349:Urine Specimen Collection / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Burden; Morbidity; Urinary tract infections