Editing Infections (section)

== '''IDC-associated UTI''' ==

* Catheter-associated bacteriuria or candiduria probably represents colonisation and is rarely symptomatic, and is rarely a cause of fever or secondary bloodstream infection, even in immunocompromised patients
** Consider it, though, in patients with urinary tract obstruction, urologic manipulation, injury, or surgery along with neutropaenia
* Can evaluate catheters by taking a sample from the port after disinfecting
** Pyuria is not a reliable predictor of infection
** Dipsticks are not helpful when used with catheters