. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jan;61(1):62–66. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12070

Table 2.

Characteristics of suspected urinary tract infection episodes in nursing home residents with advanced dementia

	No. (%) suspected urinary tract infection episodes
	All episodes N=131	Episodes in residents with a foley catheter N=15	Episodes in residents without a foley catheter N=116
Signs or symptoms
Fever	27(20.6)	5 (33.3)	22 (19.0)
Dysuria	5 (3.8)	1 (6.7)	4 (3.4)
Frequency	2 (1.5)	0 (0)	2 (1.7)
Urgency	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Hematuria	9 (6.9)	3 (13.3)	6 (5.2)
Costoverterbral tenderness	3 (2.3)	1 (6.7)	2 (1.7)
Suprapubic pain	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Mental status change	58 (44.3)	3 (13.3)	56 (48.3)
Rigors	2 (1.5)	1 (6.7)	1 (0.9)
Minimum signs/symptoms to support antimicrobial initiation	21 (16.0)	6 (40.0)	15 (12.9)