ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2018
Urinary tract infections in a geriatric sub-acute ward-health correlates and atypical presentations.
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- Associations of delirium with urinary tract infections and asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults aged 65 and older: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Pooled it
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- Digital health interventions for urinary tract infection prevention and management in people living with dementia and their family caregivers: a scoping review.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Beyond bacteremia: clinical phenotypes and determinants of mortality in hospitalized adults with community-acquired urinary tract infection.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Production and Carbapenem Resistance in Elderly Urinary Tract Infection Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective Study from Turkey.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Impact of Sequential Passaging on Protein Expression ofInternational journal of microbiology · 2020Article
- Why are we misdiagnosing urinary tract infection in older patients? A qualitative inquiry and roadmap for staff behaviour change in the emergency department.European geriatric medicine · 2019Article
- In Vitro Antioxidant and Bactericidal Efficacy of 15 Common Spices: Novel Therapeutics for Urinary Tract Infections?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- Increased urinary markers of kidney damage in the institutionalized frail elderly due to recurrent urinary tract infections.Therapeutic advances in urologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeBacterial urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most frequently occurring infectious diseases in the geriatric population. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and clinical features of UTIs in geriatric in-patients and their association with health and functional ability characteristics.
methodsA prospective cross-sectional cohort study was conducted among patients hospitalized on the geriatric ward. Patients were interviewed, examined, and had their hospital records analyzed. An uncontaminated midstream urine sample was collected and cultured in all of the cases suspected for UTI. Relative risks for UTI were counted and multivariable logistic regression model was built.
results246 patients were included, 179 (72.8%) women, 210 (85.4%) 75 + -year-olds. Bacterial UTIs occurred in 18.3% of the patients. The main etiological agent was Escherichia coli (73.3%). The most significant predictors of UTI were recurrent UTI and urinary catheter. The typical clinical UTI symptoms occurred in less than half of the cases (only in 11.1% of cases fever was observed). More often, than in patients without UTIs, they reported symptoms such as delirium (28.9% vs. 18%), tachycardia (11.1% vs. 1.5%) or hypotension (20% vs. 12.1%).
conclusionsBacterial UTIs affect about 1/5 of hospitalized geriatric patients. The clinical picture of these infections very often is atypical and it indicates a need for diagnostic vigilance.
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