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Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-positive Escherichia coli causing complicated upper urinary tract infection: Urologist should act in time - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Recently, many articles reported increased incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) due to Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-producing E. coli.

Obesity and a febrile urinary tract infection: Dual burden for young children? - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between obesity and febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in young children.

Influence of inadequate antimicrobial therapy on prognosis in elderly patients with severe urinary tract infections - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Inadequate empirical antimicrobial therapy (IEAT) in intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with adverse outcomes.

Bilateral adrenal haemorrhage associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia during treatment of Fournier gangrene - Abstract

We present a case of bilateral adrenal haemorrhage (BAH) associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia (HIT) in a 61-year-old man admitted to hospital for the treatment of Fournier's gangrene.

General practitioners do not systematically adhere to regional recommendations on treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections - Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Uncomplicated urinary tract infection (uUTI) is a common reason for seeing a GP.

Changes in bacterial species and antibiotic sensitivity in intensive care unit: Acquired urinary tract infection during 10 years interval (2001-2011) - Abstract

PURPOSE: Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are usually at greater risk for acquiring urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Antimicrobial treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in noncatheterized adults: A systematic review - Abstract

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a common clinical finding characterized by the presence of bacteria in the urine of an individual without signs or symptoms suggestive of urinary tract infection.

Urinary tract infections: Leading initiatives in selecting empiric outpatient treatment (UTILISE) - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Overuse of fluoroquinolone antibiotics is associated with outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and increasing resistance in gram-negative organisms.

Pharmacokinetics of ertapenem in outpatients with complicated urinary tract infections - Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Ertapenem is a broad-spectrum carbapenem antibiotic used to treat severe bacterial infections.

Alcohol consumption and prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among US men in the HPV in Men (HIM) study - Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Moderate alcohol consumption can impair host defence against viral infections.

New procedure for rapid identification of microorganisms causing urinary tract infection from urine samples by mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) - Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry is widely established as a technique in clinical microbiology laboratories for the identification of microorganisms.

Antimicrobial prophylaxis for children with vesicoureteral reflux - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Children with febrile urinary tract infection commonly have vesicoureteral reflux.

Evaluation of patients' skin, environmental surfaces, and urinary catheters as sources for transmission of urinary pathogens - Abstract

In hospitalized patients with urinary tract infection or asymptomatic bacteriuria, urinary pathogens frequently contaminate skin, high-touch environmental surfaces, and urinary catheters.

Paediatric urinary tract infections: A retrospective application of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines to a large general practitioner referred historical cohort - Abstract

BACKGROUND: The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) is a United Kingdom nondepartmental public body accountable to the Department of Health.

Ceftolozane/tazobactam activity tested against aerobic Gram-negative organisms isolated from intra-abdominal and urinary tract infections in European and United States hospitals (2012) - Abstract

Ceftolozane/tazobactam is under clinical development for treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections (IAI), complicated urinary tract infections (UTI) and ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Dipstick screening for urinary tract infection in febrile infants - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study compares the performance of urine dipstick alone with urine microscopy and with both tests combined as a screen for urinary tract infection (UTI) in febrile infants aged 1 to 90 days.

Pharmacological study of cefoxitin as an alternative antibiotic therapy to carbapenems in treatment of urinary tract infections due to extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli - Abstract

Cefoxitin could be an alternative to carbapenems in extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) infections.

Epidemiological surveillance of bacterial nosocomial infections in the surgical intensive care unit - Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Intensive care units (ICUs) are associated with a greater risk of developing nosocomial infections (NIs) than other departments.

Using intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging to evaluate cortical defects in the first episode of upper urinary tract infections: Preliminary results - Abstract

PURPOSE: To compare intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion weight imaging IVIM-DWI MRI with DMSA for the evaluation of cortical defect in pediatric upper urinary tract infection (UTI) patients.

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