Risk factors for enterococcal urinary tract infections: a multinational, retrospective cohort study

Complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI) is a frequent cause of morbidity. In this multinational retrospective cohort study, we aimed to demonstrate risk factors for enterococcal UTI. Univariate and multivariate analyses of risk factors for enterococcal infection were performed. Among 791 hospital...

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Published in:European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 2021-09, Vol.40 (9), p.2005-2010
Main Authors: Turjeman, Adi, Babich, Tanya, Pujol, Miquel, Carratalà, Jordi, Shaw, Evelyn, Gomila-Grange, Aina, Vuong, Cuong, Addy, Ibironke, Wiegand, Irith, Grier, Sally, MacGowan, Alasdair, Vank, Christiane, Cuperus, Nienke, van den Heuvel, Leo, Leibovici, Leonard, Eliakim-Raz, Noa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Brief Report
Catheters
Cohort analysis
Decision making
Health risks
Infections
Internal Medicine
Medical instruments
Medical Microbiology
Morbidity
Patients
Physicians
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Urinary tract
Urinary tract infections
Urogenital system
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Summary:Complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI) is a frequent cause of morbidity. In this multinational retrospective cohort study, we aimed to demonstrate risk factors for enterococcal UTI. Univariate and multivariate analyses of risk factors for enterococcal infection were performed. Among 791 hospitalized patients with cUTI, enterococci accounted for approximately 10% of cases (78/791). Risk factors for enterococcal UTI in multivariable analysis were male gender, age range of 55–75 years, catheter-associated UTI, and urinary retention. This information may assist treating physicians in their decision-making on prescribing empiric anti-enterococcus treatment to hospitalized patients presenting with cUTI and thus improve clinical outcomes.
ISSN:0934-9723
1435-4373
DOI:10.1007/s10096-021-04207-4