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Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly
1Department of Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
Bacteriuria in the elderly is common and usually asymptomatic. In the absence of symptoms and/or obstructive uropathy (which is rare in women), bacteriuria in the elderly appears to be a benign disease and therefore antimicrobial therapy is probably not warranted.