Sociodemographic disparities in antibiotic-resistant outpatient urine cultures in a Boston hospital, 2015-2020: a cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotic resistance in uropathogens has rapidly escalated over time, complicating treatment and increasing morbidity and mortality. Few studies have explored how the social determinants of health may be associated with patients' risks for acquiring antibiotic-resistant (AR) uropathogens.

Methods

We identified urine cultures collected from outpatients presenting to Tufts Medical Center Primary Care Practices between 2015 and 2020. Specimens were included if patients' age, sex, and residential address were recorded in the electronic medical record (EMR) and if their urine culture yielded Enterococcus spp. or one or more gram-negative bacterial organism(s) or for which antibiotic susceptibility profiling and species identification was conducted. We abstracted patie

SUBMITTER: Chan CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11520160 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature