Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

Durwood E. Neal

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Abstract

A complicated urinary tract infection is that which occurs in a patient with an anatomically abnormal urinary tract or significant medical or surgical comorbidities. Whereas this definition may not cover each and every situation, it does serve to encompass the great majority of these patients and guide their care. The definition is necessarily broad, to assure that these potentially complex patients are appropriately managed. Thus, complicated urinary tract infection describes a group of patients that usually need a prolonged course of antimicrobial therapy, with all its attendant morbidities, costs, and outcome differences.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13-22
Number of pages10
JournalUrologic Clinics of North America
Volume35
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2008
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Urology

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