%0 Journal Article
%T Choice of Empirical Antibiotic Therapy and Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults With Suspected Urinary Tract Infection: Cohort Study
%A Christopher C Butler
%A Daniel Farewell
%A Haroon Ahmed
%A Nick A Francis
%A Shantini Paranjothy
%J Archive of "Open Forum Infectious Diseases".
%D 2019
%R 10.1093/ofid/ofz039
%X Nitrofurantoin is widely recommended for empirical treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI), but primary care clinicians may prescribe alternative antibiotics to improve prognosis in older, sicker patients. We assessed whether prescribing alternative antibiotics was associated with reduced risk of adverse outcomes in older patients
%K aged
%K electronic health records
%K primary care
%K urinary tract infection
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6411277/