Consequences of treated versus untreated asymptomatic bacteriuria in the first year following kidney transplantation: retrospective observational study

• Published in: European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 127 - 131
• Main Authors: Green, H., Rahamimov, R., Goldberg, E., Leibovici, L., Gafter, U., Bishara, J., Mor, E., Paul, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Asymptomatic; Asymptomatic Diseases; Bacteria; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases of the urinary system; Bacteriuria - drug therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Creatinine; Documentation; Female; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Hospitalization; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Hospitals; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Internal Medicine; Kidney - physiopathology; Kidney Transplantation; Kidney transplants; Length of Stay; Male; Medical Microbiology; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Observational studies; Patients; Retrospective Studies; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the urinary system; Survival Analysis; Transplantation; Treatment Outcome; Urinary tract infections; Urinary Tract Infections - epidemiology; Urine; Urogenital system; Variables; Israel; Mycophenolate Mofetil; Untreated Patient; Antibiotic Treatment; Bacteriuria; Pyelonephritis; Infection; Treatment; Microbiology; Surgery; Asymptomatic; Comparative study; Kidney transplantation

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) is frequent among kidney transplant patients during the first year post transplantation. Currently, there are no clear guidelines for the antibiotic treatment of AB among these patients. We examined the outcomes of treatment versus no treatment of AB in kidney transplan...