Antibiotic management of urinary tract infection in elderly patients in primary care and its association with bloodstream infections and all cause mortality: population based cohort study

Myriam Gharbi,Alison H Holmes,Joseph H Drysdale,Paul Aylin,Alan P Johnson,Mariam Molokhia,Rosalind Goudie,Hannah Lishman

doi:10.1136/bmj.l525

Antibiotic management of urinary tract infection in elderly patients in primary care and its association with bloodstream infections and all cause mortality: population based cohort study

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Journal: BMJ (Clinical research ed.)	Publication Date: Feb 27, 2019
Citations: 144	License type: open-access

Affiliation: Imperial College London, NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, St George's, University of London, Public Health England, King's College London, University of Oxford

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ObjectiveTo evaluate the association between antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infection (UTI) and severe adverse outcomes in elderly patients in primary care.DesignRetrospective population based cohort study.SettingClinical Practice Research Datalink (2007-15)...

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