Urinary tract infections are (UTIs) are a common type of infections found in patients admitted in critical care wards. Bacteriuria and candiduria generally precede UTIs and they are often treated in intensive care units with antibiotics. The new study suggests that chlorohexidine and mupirocin curb bacteriuria and candiduria in male ICU patients. Complicating UTIs often require more aggressive evaluation, treatment and follow-up.
Many times critically ill UTI patients are admitted in ICUs. The recently published study suggests that universal decolonization of patients with chlorohexidine baths and an antibiotic nasal ointment reduces the bacteriuria and candiduria which generally precedes UTI. The study conducted by scientists included analysis of a data from a cluster-randomized trial of 43 hospitals which had 74 adult ICUs in the REDUCE MRSA trial. The hospitals participating in…
