OBJECTIVE: To investigate if there are relevant differences in clinical, microbiological and outcome characteristics of community-acquired febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) between @entity6 and @entity7964 @entity1 . DESIGN: A prospectively matched case-control study. SETTING: An 800-bed tertiary care university-affiliated hospital. SUBJECTS: A total of 108 @entity1 (54 @entity6 and 54 @entity7964 @entity1 matched by age and gender) admitted between January 1996 and September 1999 with febrile UTI. METHODS: Clinical, analytical, microbiological and outcome variables were analysed by means of McNemar test (categorical) or Wilcoxon matched pairs signed rank test (continuous). RESULTS: Mean age (SD) in both groups was 67.9 (14.4) years. In comparison with controls, @entity6 @entity1 were more likely to have @entity221 without localizing symptoms (27% vs. 9%, P </= 0.0001), diminished consciousness level at admission (25% vs. 10%, P = 0.03), aetiological microorganism different from @entity526 (17% vs. 0, P = 0.0004), and @entity1536 -resistant bacteria (17% vs. 3.7%, P = 0.07). Duration of @entity221 after the onset of treatment was 1.75 (1) days in @entity6 and 1.5 (1.1) days in nondiabetics (P = 0.17). However, @entity6 @entity1 had a longer hospitalization [5.2 (3.3) days] than nondiabetics [3.9 (2.6) days, P = 0.006]. CONCLUSIONS: In @entity6 @entity1 , febrile UTIs have clinical and microbiological peculiarities that may have diagnostic and therapeutic implications.

Community-acquired febrile urinary tract infection in XXXX could deserve a different management: a case-control study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetics', 'diabetic'] @entity7964 :: ('OMIM:612551', 'Disease') :: ['nondiabetic'] @entity221 :: ('MESH:D005334', 'Disease') :: ['fever'] @entity526 :: ('562', 'Species') :: ['Escherichia coli'] @entity1536 :: ('CHEBI:23765', 'Chemical') :: ['quinolone']
@entity6 :: (MESH:D003920,Disease) :: ['diabetics']
