Low diagnostic yield of repeat urine cultures in hospitalized patients at a tertiary center in Northern California, 2023–2024
We analyzed the diagnostic yield of repeat urine cultures in a retrospective study of adult inpatients. Most urine cultures repeated at less than 6 days provided redundant information. This was true whether the index culture was positive or negative, and whether the threshold for positivity was 10,000 or 100,000 CFU/mL.
Authors
- Guillermo Rodríguez-Nava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-7050)
- Jorge Salinas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9193-820X)
- Mindy Marie Sampson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5724-5875)
- Eugenia Miranti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0654-8937)
- Barbara W. Trautner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7986-9099)
- Karen McIntyre
- John Shepard
- Erika Paola Viana Cardenas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6399-890X)
Institutions
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Hospital Universitario San Ignacio (CO)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10248
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00