The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection

Kristen V Dicks; Arthur W Baker; Michael J Durkin; Sarah S Lewis; Rebekah W Moehring; Deverick J Anderson; Daniel J Sexton; Luke F Chen

doi:10.1017/ice.2014.72

The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Apr;36(4):467-9. doi: 10.1017/ice.2014.72.

Authors

Kristen V Dicks¹, Arthur W Baker¹, Michael J Durkin¹, Sarah S Lewis¹, Rebekah W Moehring¹, Deverick J Anderson¹, Daniel J Sexton¹, Luke F Chen¹

Affiliation

¹ 1Department of Medicine,Division of Infectious Diseases,Duke University Medical Center,Durham,North Carolina.

Abstract

Funguria rarely represents true infection in the urinary tract. Excluding yeast from the catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) surveillance definition reduced CAUTI rates by nearly 25% in community hospitals and at an academic, tertiary-care medical center.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Catheter-Related Infections / epidemiology
Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Mycoses / epidemiology
Mycoses / urine
Population Surveillance
Retrospective Studies
Urinary Catheterization / adverse effects*
Urinary Catheterization / statistics & numerical data
Urinary Tract Infections / epidemiology
Urinary Tract Infections / etiology
Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology*
Urine / microbiology*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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