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Evaluation of Blood and Urine Culture Results Obtained in a University Hospital Emergency Department
Abstract
The identification of emergency department patients at risk of bacteremia is of critical importance, and the culture method is considered the gold standard for diagnosis. Our study aimed to investigate adult patients admitted to the emergency department whose blood and urine cultures were taken with suspicion of bacteremia. In our study, we retrospectively analyzed the data of adult patients who were admitted to Balikesir University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, between February 2020 and October 2024 and whose blood and urine cultures were taken by emergency physicians to test for bacteremia. The mean age of the 991 patients included in the study was 60.9 years. The most common diagnosis was urinary tract infection (36.8%). Bacterial growth was detected in 398 of the 1296 samples included in the study. While growth was observed in 302 (35.4%) of the 853 urine samples, growth was detected in 96 of 443 blood cultures. Ciprofloxacin was the most resistant antibiotic, and amikacin was the most sensitive to the E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolates taken from the urine cultures. K. pneumoniae isolates were more resistant to all antibiotics than E. coli isolates. We suggest that guidelines for empirical antibiotic treatment be developed by evaluating aggregated data on bacteremia from healthcare institutions, and that limitations in antibiotic selection by emergency physicians be implemented, as these may enable patients to access appropriate antibiotics more quickly.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Emergency Medicine
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
August 28, 2025
Submission Date
March 29, 2025
Acceptance Date
June 10, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 51 Number: 2
APA
Kıyak, R., & Kula Atik, T. (2025). Evaluation of Blood and Urine Culture Results Obtained in a University Hospital Emergency Department. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, 51(2), 181-186. https://doi.org/10.32708/uutfd.1668101
AMA
1.Kıyak R, Kula Atik T. Evaluation of Blood and Urine Culture Results Obtained in a University Hospital Emergency Department. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2025;51(2):181-186. doi:10.32708/uutfd.1668101
Chicago
Kıyak, Ramazan, and Tuğba Kula Atik. 2025. “Evaluation of Blood and Urine Culture Results Obtained in a University Hospital Emergency Department”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 51 (2): 181-86. https://doi.org/10.32708/uutfd.1668101.
EndNote
Kıyak R, Kula Atik T (August 1, 2025) Evaluation of Blood and Urine Culture Results Obtained in a University Hospital Emergency Department. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 51 2 181–186.
IEEE
[1]R. Kıyak and T. Kula Atik, “Evaluation of Blood and Urine Culture Results Obtained in a University Hospital Emergency Department”, Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 181–186, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.32708/uutfd.1668101.
ISNAD
Kıyak, Ramazan - Kula Atik, Tuğba. “Evaluation of Blood and Urine Culture Results Obtained in a University Hospital Emergency Department”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 51/2 (August 1, 2025): 181-186. https://doi.org/10.32708/uutfd.1668101.
JAMA
1.Kıyak R, Kula Atik T. Evaluation of Blood and Urine Culture Results Obtained in a University Hospital Emergency Department. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2025;51:181–186.
MLA
Kıyak, Ramazan, and Tuğba Kula Atik. “Evaluation of Blood and Urine Culture Results Obtained in a University Hospital Emergency Department”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 51, no. 2, Aug. 2025, pp. 181-6, doi:10.32708/uutfd.1668101.
Vancouver
1.Ramazan Kıyak, Tuğba Kula Atik. Evaluation of Blood and Urine Culture Results Obtained in a University Hospital Emergency Department. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2025 Aug. 1;51(2):181-6. doi:10.32708/uutfd.1668101