Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in the Elderly
Abstract
A healthy urinary tract is not a sterile environment, but is settled by various microorganisms that change according to the factors of the environment and the patient. Older patients are predisposed to urinary tract infections and asymptomatic bacteriuria. Hence, distinguishing these two conditions remain obscure. They are specific for a number of issues: pathogenesis of infection and causative agents, diagnostic procedures, applied therapy and preventive measures. Correct interpretation of symptoms, sampling of material for analysis and interpretation of results are of great im- portance. Correct procedures allow the patient to be saved from an inappropriate treatment and complications of antibiotic therapy, but also reduce the resistance of bacterial species.
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