LETTER
Articles: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Survival
E. Abrutyn;
J. Mossey;
J. A. Berlin;
J. Boscia;
M. Levison; and
P. Pitsakis
1 December 1994 | Volume 121 Issue 11 | Page 901
TO THE EDITOR:
The recent article by Abrutyn and colleagues [1] on asymptomatic bacteriuria and survival contained two transpositions. The second sentence of the second paragraph on page 830 should read "In this analysis, the death rate among participants in the never-positive group (122 of 1173; 10.4%) was compared with that among those who were ever positive but received no treatment (31 of 184; 16.8%) and with those who were ever positive and received antimicrobial therapy (18 of 134; 13.4%)."
The first sentence of the fourth paragraph on page 830 should read "No differences in baseline characteristics were detected between the 166 treated participants and 192 controls (Table 6)"
1. Abrutyn E, Mossey J, Berlin JA, Boscia J, Levison M, Pitsakis P, et al. Does asymptomatic bacteriuria predict mortality and does antimicrobial treatment reduce mortality in elderly ambulatory women? Ann Intern Med. 1994; 121:827-33.
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