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Judicious Antibiotic Use in Long Term Care Facilities Program

Urinary Tract Infections Module
1: Introduction	2: Epidemiology	3: Risk Factors	4: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
5: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria: Treatment	6: Pyuria	7: Diagnosis (part 1)	8: Diagnosis (part 2)
9: Diagnosis (part 3)	10: Treatment	11: Summary	12: Quiz

Urinary Tract Infection: Diagnosis (part 1)

Urinary Tract Infection is a Clinical Diagnosis

In residents of long-term care facilities, the rate of asymptomatic bacteriuria (15-50%) is much higher than the rate of urinary tract infection requiring treatment (< 1%).

Therefore, a positive urine culture is meaningless without clinical information.