Prospective randomized comparison of therapy and no therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly women
LE Nicolle, WJ Mayhew, L Bryan - The American journal of medicine, 1987 - Elsevier
Abstract Fifty elderly (mean age, 83.4±8.8 years) institutionalized women with asymptomatic
bacteriuria were randomly assigned either to receive therapy for treatment of all episodes of
bacteriuria identified on monthly culture or to receive no therapy unless symptoms
developed. Subjects were followed for one year. The therapy group had a mean monthly
prevalence of bacteriuria 31±15 percent lower than those in the no-therapy group, but
periods free of bacteriuria lasting six months or longer were documented for only five (24 …
bacteriuria were randomly assigned either to receive therapy for treatment of all episodes of
bacteriuria identified on monthly culture or to receive no therapy unless symptoms
developed. Subjects were followed for one year. The therapy group had a mean monthly
prevalence of bacteriuria 31±15 percent lower than those in the no-therapy group, but
periods free of bacteriuria lasting six months or longer were documented for only five (24 …