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January 2018

Evidence-Based Implementation Guide to Reduce Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

Published January 25, 2018

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is defined as “isolation of pre-specified quantitative count of bacteria in an appropriately collected urine specimen obtained from a person without symptoms or signs referable to urinary infection“.   Despite current recommendations to treat ASB only during pregnancy, prior to transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), or before other urologic procedures where mucosal… Read More

Page last reviewed: November 8, 2018