Infections

Antimicrobial susceptibility of inpatient urinary tract isolates of Gram-negative bacilli in the United States: Results from the study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) program: 2009-2011 - Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends is an ongoing global surveillance program that has monitored the susceptibilities of Gram-negative bacilli from inpatient urinary tract infections (UTIs) since late 2009.

Diagnostic criteria for urinary tract infection in hospitalized elderly patients over 75 years of age: A multicenter cross-sectional study - Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most frequent infections in geriatric patients.

Antimicrobial susceptibilities of uropathogen Escherichia coli in renal transplant recipients: Dramatic increase in ciprofloxacin resistance - Abstract

The urinary tract is the most common site of bacterial infections in renal transplant recipients.

Clinical factors associated with shock in bacteremic UTI - Abstract

PURPOSE: Urinary tract infection (UTI) often causes bacteremia, resulting in shock.

Predicting anatomical urological abnormalities in children who present with their first urinary tract infection - Abstract

Objectives: Classically, presence of fever ≥38.0°C is used to distinguish pyelonephritis from cystitis.

Ischemic gangrene of the glans following penile prosthesis implantation - Abstract

The development of ischemic gangrene of the penis following implantation of prosthesis is unusual, and very few cases are available in the literature.

Spectrum of bacterial colonization associated with urothelial cells from patients with chronic lower urinary tract symptoms - Abstract

Chronic lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), such as urgency and incontinence, are common, especially among the elderly, but their etiology is often obscure.

Efficacy and safety of sitafloxacin in patients with urinary tract infections - Abstract

Sitafloxacin (STFX, Gracevit 50mg, fine granules 10%), a new quinolone antibacterial agent, was approved in January 2008, and the use-results survey was carried out over the 2 years between December 2008 and November 2010.

Lifetime reduction in UTI risk by male circumcision, "Beyond the Abstract," by Brian J. Morris, DSc, PhD, FAHA

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - A meta-analysis published in the June 2013 issue of Journal of Urology has determined, for the first time, the risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) over the lifetimes of males.^[1]

Overtreatment of presumed urinary tract infection in older women presenting to the emergency department - Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine how often older women presenting to an emergency department (ED) are diagnosed with a urinary tract infection (UTI) without a positive urine culture and to investigate whether collecting urine by catheterization instead of clean catch improves the accuracy of the urinalysis (UA).

Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in febrile infants 1-90 days with urinary tract infection - Abstract

Sterile CSF pleocytosis occurs in febrile infants with UTI.

Role of procalcitonin in predicting dilating vesicoureteral reflux in young children hospitalized with a first febrile urinary tract infection - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of procalcitonin (PCT) as a marker for predicting dilating (grades III-V) vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in young children with a first febrile urinary tract infection (UTI).

Carbapenem resistance and mortality in institutionalized elderly with urinary infection - Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The emergence of antibiotic-resistant urinary pathogens represents a public health care concern.

Bacterial pathogens in first febrile urinary tract infection affect breakthrough infections in infants with vesicoureteral reflux treated with prophylactic antibiotics - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risk factors for recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in infants with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and whether bacterial pathogen affected breakthrough UTI or not.

A retrospective study to evaluate a protocol aimed at reducing the number of unnecessary voiding cystourethrographies performed after a first episode of febrile urinary tract infection - Abstract

AIM: Whether or not voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) should be performed after a first episode of urinary tract infection (UTI) remains a matter of debate.

Independent risk factors for urinary tract infection and for subsequent bacteremia or acute cellular rejection: A single-center report of 1166 kidney allograft recipients - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a frequent, serious complication in kidney allograft recipients.

Prevalence of urinary tract infection in acutely unwell children in general practice: A prospective study with systematic urine sampling - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection (UTI) in children may be associated with long-term complications that could be prevented by prompt treatment.

A prevalence study of urinary tract infections in acute relapse of schizophrenia - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Schizophrenia is associated with immune abnormalities and increased mortality from infectious diseases.

Escherichia coli antimicrobial resistance increased faster among geriatric outpatients compared with adult outpatients in the USA, 2000-10 - Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Few studies have examined Escherichia coli antimicrobial resistance across age groups over time.

Difficult-to-detect carbapenem-resistant IMP13-producing P. aeruginosa: Experience feedback concerning a cluster of urinary tract infections at a surgical clinic in France - Abstract

BACKGROUND: We report a carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa clone responsible for a cluster of urinary tract infections in elderly surgery patients, diagnosed during a three-month period in a 59-bed surgical clinic.

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