INTRODUCTION: In women with suspected urinary tract infection (UTI), a non-contaminated voided specimen is considered important for valid urinalysis and culture results.
INTRODUCTION: Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic mycosis in Latin America that can affect various organs.
PURPOSE: To describe the incidence and drug susceptibility profiles of uropathogenic extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) during a 10-year period and to identify differences in resistance patterns between urological and non-urological ESBL-EC isolates.
BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infectious diseases at the community level.
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance of uropathogens in urinary tract infections (UTIs) is increasing worldwide.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate and compare contamination rates of three different urine-sampling methods in pregnant women to assess bacteriuria.
In infants and young children, urinary tract infections (UTI) often present with unspecific symptoms.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the applicability of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for imaging studies in children under the age of three with first urinary tract infection (UTI).
The epidemiology of pediatric fever has changed considerably during the past 2 decades with the development of vaccines against the most common bacterial pathogens causing bacteremia and meningitis.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the presentation of suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs) in nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia and how they align with minimum criteria to justify antimicrobial initiation.
Microscopic pyuria is widely used as a surrogate marker of infection, although there is little data supporting its use in patients who present with non-acute LUTS.
Treatment of nosocomial infections is becoming difficult due to the increasing trend of antibiotics resistance.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the causative pathogens and evaluate the antibiotic sensitivity, resistance patterns, and virulence in a contemporary series of patients with Fournier's gangrene.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Primary adenocarcinoma of the renal pelvis accounts for less than 1% of renal pelvis tumors.
BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection (UTI) occurs in 30%-50% of individuals with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).
Reportedly, Fournier's gangrene has a high mortality rate, ~7.5-40%, and experts recommend early surgical debridement.
BACKGROUND: Bacterial infections increase mortality four-fold in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.
We developed a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) method for the rapid detection of Proteus spp. in urine, using a novel peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probe.
PURPOSE: To identify the accuracy of urinalysis in the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in pregnant women at high risk.
