Presence of urinary symptoms in bacteremic urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study of Escherichia coli bacteremia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is important to understand clinical features of bacteremic urinary tract infection (bUTI), because bUTI is a serious infection that requires prompt diagnosis and antibiotic therapy. Escherichia coli is the most common and important uropathogen. The objective of our study was to characterize the clinical presentation of E coli bUTI.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of consecutive adult patients admitted for community acquired E. coli bacteremia from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016 was conducted at 4 acute care academic and community hospitals in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Logistic regression models were developed to identify E coli bUTI cases without urinary symptoms.

Results

Of 462 patients with E. coli bacteremia, 284 (61.5%) patients had a urinar

SUBMITTER: Bai AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7576869 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature