Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Urinary Tract Infection, Complicated (UTI)
PATHOGENS
- Among the most common, resistant strains frequently encountered:
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Acinetobacterspp.
- Less common:
- MSSA or MRSA
- Most due to invasion of urinary tract (secondary to catheters, stents)
- Consider presentations of staphylococcal bacteremia with findings of S. aureus in urine.
- Enterococcus spp. (including VRE)
- Candida spp.
- Fastidious organisms possible.
- MSSA or MRSA
- Infections may be polymicrobial, especially if chronic urinary catheter or stents are present.
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Last updated: May 16, 2017
Citation
Melia, Michael, and James DeMaio. "Urinary Tract Infection, Complicated (UTI)." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2017. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540573/all/Urinary_Tract_Infection__Complicated__UTI_.
Melia M, DeMaio J. Urinary Tract Infection, Complicated (UTI). Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540573/all/Urinary_Tract_Infection__Complicated__UTI_. Accessed May 29, 2023.
Melia, M., & DeMaio, J. (2017). Urinary Tract Infection, Complicated (UTI). In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540573/all/Urinary_Tract_Infection__Complicated__UTI_
Melia M, DeMaio J. Urinary Tract Infection, Complicated (UTI) [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. [cited 2023 May 29]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540573/all/Urinary_Tract_Infection__Complicated__UTI_.
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