PAUTI are associated with high mortality in hospitalized patients, which increases significantly in those with severe comorbidity such as chronic renal failure, advanced liver disease or diabetes mellitus. Inadequated antibiotic treatment is associated with poor outcome, which remarks the importance of adjusting empirical antibiotic treatment based on the microbiological susceptibility results.
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