Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria After Kidney Transplantation: What Is the Quality of the Evidence Behind the Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Clinique Universitaire de Bruxelles-Hôpital Erasme, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
² Kidney Transplantation Unit, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Réseau Thématique de Recherche et de Soins Centaure, Labex Transplantex, France.
³ Department of Nephrology-Hypertension, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen and Antwerp University.
⁴ Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
⁵ Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney.
⁶ Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, The University of Sydney at Westmead, Australia.

Comment

Julien Coussement et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020.

. 2020 Feb 14;70(5):987-988.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz503.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Clinique Universitaire de Bruxelles-Hôpital Erasme, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
² Kidney Transplantation Unit, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Réseau Thématique de Recherche et de Soins Centaure, Labex Transplantex, France.
³ Department of Nephrology-Hypertension, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen and Antwerp University.
⁴ Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
⁵ Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney.
⁶ Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, The University of Sydney at Westmead, Australia.

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Reply to Coussement et al.
Nicolle LE, Siemieniuk R. Nicolle LE, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 14;70(5):988-989. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz508. Clin Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 31190063 No abstract available.

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria: 2019 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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