Research article
Why are antibiotics prescribed for asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly people?: A qualitative study of physicians' and nurses' perceptions
Susan Walker, Allison McGeer, Andrew E. Simor, Maxine Armstrong-Evans and Mark Loeb
CMAJ August 08, 2000 163 (3) 273-277;
Susan Walker
From *the Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of Microbiology at †Mount Sinai Hospital and ‡Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; §the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Ont.; and ¶the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Allison McGeer
From *the Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of Microbiology at †Mount Sinai Hospital and ‡Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; §the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Ont.; and ¶the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Andrew E. Simor
From *the Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of Microbiology at †Mount Sinai Hospital and ‡Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; §the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Ont.; and ¶the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Maxine Armstrong-Evans
From *the Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of Microbiology at †Mount Sinai Hospital and ‡Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; §the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Ont.; and ¶the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Mark Loeb
From *the Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of Microbiology at †Mount Sinai Hospital and ‡Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; §the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Ont.; and ¶the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
![Loading Loading](https://www.cmaj.ca/sites/all/modules/contrib/panels_ajax_tab/images/loading.gif)
Submit a Response to This Article
Jump to comment:
No Responses have been published for this article.
In this issue
Article tools
Why are antibiotics prescribed for asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly people?: A qualitative study of physicians' and nurses' perceptions
Susan Walker, Allison McGeer, Andrew E. Simor, Maxine Armstrong-Evans, Mark Loeb
CMAJ Aug 2000, 163 (3) 273-277;
Jump to section
Related Articles
- No related articles found.
Cited By...
- Reducing unnecessary urine culture testing in residents of long term care facilities
- Factors associated with potentially inappropriate prescriptions and barriers to medicines optimisation among older adults in primary care settings: a systematic review
- Development of an information leaflet and diagnostic flow chart to improve the management of urinary tract infections in older adults: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework
- Educational intervention to reduce treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in long-term care
- Impact of two-step urine culture ordering in the emergency department: a time series analysis
- Antibiotic prescribing in long-term care facilities: a qualitative, multidisciplinary investigation
- Interpreting positive urine cultures
- A 78-year-old woman with lethargy and a positive urine culture
- Complicated Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Due to Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis
- Effect of a multifaceted intervention on number of antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary tract infections in residents of nursing homes: cluster randomised controlled trial
- To treat or not to treat: managing bacteriuria in elderly people
- To treat or not to treat: managing bacteriuria in elderly people
- Asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly people: evidence and practice