Approaches to the management of children with urinary tract infection (UTI), vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), and renal scars have been challenged and have become controversial over the past decade.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of an acute 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan in predicting dilating vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) among young children with a febrile urinary tract infection (UTI).
Fournier's gangrene is a fulminant, necrotizing soft-tissue infection of the genital, perineal, and perianal regions.
BACKGROUND: The overuse of antimicrobials is recognized as the main selective pressure driving the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in human bacterial pathogens.
The Institute of Medicine challenged the health care system to ensure safe care for all patients.
OBJECTIVE: To test whether active management of urinary tract infections (UTI) in young children by general practitioners can reduce kidney scarring rates.
Objective: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) constitute a potentially severe complication which implies higher costs.
BACKGROUND: Fournier's gangrene is a rare necrotizing soft tissue infection of the scrotum and penis.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a risk factor for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in many patients without liver disease.
We report a case of a 55-year-old immunocompromised female who presented to the emergency department with severe diarrhea and vomiting following travel to the Philippines.
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - We laid the foundation for this report when Dr. Warren Snodgrass, my co-author, served on the AUA Reflux Guidelines panel, and I was enrolled in the Master’s of Clinical Science program at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Purpose: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common nosocomial infection among hospitalized patients.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical and microbiological efficacy and safety of three doses of 3 g fosfomycin tromethamine administered orally to treat lower urinary tract infections.
The aim of the study is identification of urinary tract infections (UTI) and urinary tract anomalies (UTA) already in the perinatal period.
The incidence of a cancer diagnosis in children and young adolescents is increasing.
Background: Selection of empiric antibiotics for urinary tract infections (UTIs) has become more challenging because of the increasing rates of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (MDRE) infections.
We evaluated 800 hospitalized patients with a complicated urinary tract infection in whom on the day of start of antibiotic treatment both a blood- and a urine culture were obtained.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) and urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women with diabetes mellitus and during pregnancy are common and can have far-reaching consequences for the woman and neonate.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted virus infection; about 40 out of 150 known HPV genotypes have been associated with genitoanal lesions in the female and male.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of bladder instillations using heparin on the rate of urinary tract infections in women resistant to standard therapy.
