Although urinary tract infections (UTIs) are typically minor—albeit painful—health issues for most people, they can pose ...

Given the complexity of the microbiologic flora and the overwhelming possibility of multiple drug resistance, a severe infection should be treated aggressively with broad-spectrum antimicrobials. If ...

However, for older adults, especially those living with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, a UTI can become much more serious. Instead of just causing physical discomfort, it can lead to ...

(HealthDay News) — In a case vignette published in the New England Journal of Medicine, recommendations are presented for management of recurrent acute febrile urinary tract infections in older men.

Updated consensus recommendations provide strategies for preventing both catheter-associated and noncatheter-associated UTIs.

An antibiotic stewardship training program for healthcare professionals can cut in half the use of antibiotics for urinary tract infections while maintaining patient safety, a study in the British ...

Claims for unregulated rapid molecular diagnostic tests for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in older adults have soared 60-fold from 2016 to 2023, according to Medicare data. The rise was most ...

Credit: Getty Images Researchers assessed patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infections to determine factors associated with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing uropathogens.

Structural or functional abnormalities of the urinary tract are common in debilitated patients. The urinary tract is frequently compromised due to aging and acquired effects of obstruction (e.g., ...