Background Gram-negative bacteremia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
hospitalized patients. Data to guide the duration of antibiotic therapy are limited. Methods …

Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection of the kidney and renal pelvis and should be
suspected in patients with flank pain and laboratory evidence of urinary tract infection. Urine …

Background Traditional culture methods are time-consuming, making it difficult to utilize the
results in the early stage of urinary tract infection (UTI) management, and automated …

Abstract Objective Surviving Sepsis guidelines recommend blood cultures before
administration of intravenous (IV) antibiotics for patients with sepsis or moderate to high risk …

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a highly common condition diagnosed at emergency
departments (ED) worldwide. The pathology of UTIs has various subdivisions, notably upper …

Purpose The effect of antibiotics administered before blood cultures performed in general
internal medicine outpatient settings is not well known. Patients and Methods We conducted …

Scope This ESCMID guideline provides evidence-based recommendations to support a
selection of appropriate antibiotic use practices for patients seen in the emergency …

To the editor A recent report in this journal focused on the general usefulness of blood
culture in patients with urinary tract infection (UTI)[1]. From a search on PubMed and Scopus …

We read with interest a review in this journal on the usefulness of blood cultures in cases of
urinary tract infection [1]. The authors concluded that routine performances of blood culture …

Perinephric fat stranding (PFS) is often detected on computed tomography (CT) in patients
with acute pyelonephritis (APN). However, its clinical impact remains unclear. This study …