Role of old antibiotics in the era of antibiotic resistance. Highlighted nitrofurantoin for the treatment of lower urinary tract infections

MJ Munoz-Davila - Antibiotics, 2014 - mdpi.com
… treatment and sparing the use of other antibiotics [32]. … -term antibiotics for preventing
recurrent urinary tract infection in … in preventing repeat symptomatic infection or repeat positive …

Urinary tract infection in older adults

TA Rowe, M Juthani-Mehta - Aging health, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
tract infection does not exist. In the absence of a gold-standard definition of … tract infection
that clinicians agree upon, overtreatment with antibiotics for suspected urinary tract infection

Long-term antibiotics for prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

H Ahmed, F Davies, N Francis, D Farewell, C Butler… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Older men and women are commonly prescribed long-term antibiotics to prevent recurrent
urinary tract infection (UTI).1 2 Antibiotic use is a key driver of antibiotic resistance.3 Therefore…

The benefits and harms of antibiotic prophylaxis for urinary tract infection in older adults

BJ Langford, KA Brown, C Diong… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… role of antibiotics in preventing urinary tract infection (UTI) in older … and risks of antibiotic
prophylaxis among older adults. … study comparing older adults (≥66 years) receiving antibiotic

Bacteremic urinary tract infection in older people

RJ Ackermann, PW Monroe - Journal of the American Geriatrics …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
… as moderately susceptible to an antibiotic, it was interpreted as sensitive in this study. …
primary urinary tract infections with secondary bacteremia. These patients had infections localized …

Optimal duration of antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated urinary tract infection in older women: a double-blind randomized controlled trial

T Vogel, R Verreault, M Gourdeau, M Morin… - CMAJ, 2004 - Can Med Assoc
… Background: The optimal duration of antibiotic therapy in older patients with uncomplicated
urinary tract infection (UTI) is still a matter of debate. The aim of this randomized controlled …

Antibiotic management of urinary tract infection in elderly patients in primary care and its association with bloodstream infections and all cause mortality: population …

M Gharbi, JH Drysdale, H Lishman, R Goudie… - bmj, 2019 - bmj.com
older than 65 years with a diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) in the community are at
significantly increased risk of bloodstream infection and death within 60 days when antibiotic

Incidence and antibiotic prescribing for clinically diagnosed urinary tract infection in older adults in UK primary care, 2004-2014

H Ahmed, D Farewell, HM Jones, NA Francis… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
… Urinary tract infections (UTI) are an important cause of morbidity and antibiotic use in older
… diagnosed UTI and examine associated empirical antibiotic prescribing. We conducted a …

Antibiotic prescription rates for acute respiratory tract infections in US ambulatory settings

CG Grijalva, JP Nuorti, MR Griffin - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
… As with children, concomitant conditions during an ARTI visit that could result in antibiotic
prescriptions such as urinary tract infections (0.66%) or soft tissue infections (0.15%) were …

Impact of allergy and resistance on antibiotic selection for recurrent urinary tract infections in older women

RD Malik, YR Wu, AL Christie, F Alhalabi, PE Zimmern - Urology, 2018 - Elsevier
… historical use of antibiotics. … of older women with RUTI and recognized trigonitis treated
at a tertiary care center to examine the impact of antibiotic allergy and resistance on antibiotic