A 75-year-old man is admitted to the hospital for a severe urinary tract infection. A catheter is put in place and he is given a regimen of the appropriate antibiotics. The infection initially begins to respond to the antibiotics as the bacterial count of the urine sample shows a decrease in number. After several days in the hospital with the catheter still in place, the bacterial numbers begin to rise again.
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