Urinary tract infection caused by Enterococcus spp.: Risk factors and mortality. An observational study.

Background And Objective: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are frequently caused by Enterococcus spp. This work aims to define the risk factors associated with UTIs caused by Enterococci and to determine its overall mortality and predictive risk factors.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on bacteremic UTIs caused by Enterococcus spp.

[Utility of the blood culture in infection of the urinary tract with fever in the elderly].

Objective: Urinary tract infections are one of the most common community infections. The diagnosis of urinary infections in the elderly is complex because of its presentation and clinic. The aim of this article is to evaluate the usefulness of blood cultures in febrile urinary tract infection in elderly patients, risk factors, causes of discordance between urine and blood cultures, usefulness of biomarkers and mortality.

Urinary infection in the elderly.

Introduction: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most frequent infections. In the elderly, they have multiple comorbidities. The objective of this work is to describe the clinical and microbiological epidemiology of elderly persons admitted for UTIs and to evaluate the suitability of empirical treatments and their implications regarding mortality.