Table 2.
No. (%) suspected urinary tract infection episodes | |||
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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) |