An 82-year-old nursing home resident with a chronic Foley catheter has a urine culture with 10^5 CFU/mL E. coli but no urinary symptoms or fever. Best...

Question

An 82-year-old nursing home resident with a chronic Foley catheter has a urine culture with 10^5 CFU/mL E. coli but no urinary symptoms or fever. Best management?

Accepted Answer

Do not treat; no screening or treatment indicated

Answer

Start oral antibiotics for 7 days

Answer

Exchange catheter and treat with antibiotics

Answer

Remove catheter only

Answer

Start prophylactic antibiotics to prevent UTI

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Asymptomatic bacteriuria

An 82-year-old nursing home resident with a chronic Foley catheter has a urine culture with 10^5 CFU/mL E. coli but no urinary symptoms or fever. Best management?