Urinary tract infection Urineweginfectie
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Academical Medical Center (AUMC)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Elderly nursing home residents and elderly residents of rehabilitation wards (= 65 year) with suspected urinary tract infection based on the attending physician’s medical judgement No objection on participation by representative or nursing home resident
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Previous inclusion in the past 30 days Suspected respiratory tract infection Suspected other infection in need of antibiotic treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To use LQAS-based surveillance for providing AMR prevalence for selected antimicrobials in patients with suspected UTI | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To identify barriers and facilitators for implementation of LQAS based surveillance in nursing homes and the use of LQAS-based surveillance data to inform local empirical antimicrobial treatment. To describe differences in frequencies of bacterial contamination, bacterial overgrowth and UTIs between spontaneously voided urine samples and urine collected from diapers/incontinence pads in elderly with suspected UTI, suffering from urine incontinence To assess the role of general signs and symptoms as predictors for UTIs in elderly nursing home residents To understand the emergence and spread of AMR within nursing homes by molecular epidemiological analyses using whole genome sequencing of bacterial isolates from urine | — |
Contacts
Public ContactSoemeja Hidad
Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Medical Center Amsterdam
Outcome results
None listed