Infections

Effect of pravastatin and fosinopril on recurrent urinary tract infections - Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a problem affecting both women and men.

Diagnosis and management of simple and complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) - Abstract

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) remain a common clinical problem in both the community and healthcare-associated settings.

Malakoplakia involving kidney, both ureters and bladder: A case report and review of the literature - Abstract

Malakoplakia is an unusual chronic inflammation characterized macroscopically by pseudotumoral lesions and histologically by the presence of "Michaelis-Gutman" bodies in macrophages.

Prognostic value of semi-quantitative bacteruria counts in the diagnosis of group B streptococcus urinary tract infection: A 4-year retrospective study in adult patients - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Semi-quantitative bacteruria counts (s-QBC) are important in the diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) due to most uropathogens.

Hospital-acquired symptomatic urinary tract infection in patients admitted to an academic stroke center affects discharge disposition - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To test the role of hospital-acquired symptomatic urinary tract infection (SUTI) as an independent predictor of discharge disposition in the acute stroke patient.

Urinary tract infection in pediatrics: Controversies - Abstract

Urinary tract infection is a frequent event in children.

Evaluation of the prevalence of urinary tract infection in rural Panamanian women - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common non-intestinal infection worldwide.

Application of a nanotechnology antimicrobial spray to prevent lower urinary tract infection: A multicenter urology trial - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is a common nosocomial device-associated infection.

Urinary tract infection in infants: A single-center clinical analysis in Southern Taiwan - Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study summarized the epidemiology, etiology, and susceptibility of pathogens to antibiotics, and specific characteristics in infants aged less than 4 months diagnosed with urinary tract infection in the past decade in Taiwan.

Home screening for bacteriuria in children with spina bifida and clean intermittent catheterization - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Significant bacteriuria (SBU) and urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in patients with spina bifida and neuropathic detrusor sphincter dysfunction.

Prophylactic antibiotics to reduce the risk of urinary tract infections after urodynamic studies - Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is a risk that people who have invasive urodynamic studies (cystometry) will develop urinary tract infections or bacteria in the urine or blood.

Methenamine hippurate for preventing urinary tract infections - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Methenamine salts are often used as an alternative to antibiotics for the prevention of urinary tract infection (UTI).

Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cranberries have been used widely for several decades for the prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Impact of Surgical Care Improvement Project Inf-9 on postoperative urinary tract infections: Do exemptions interfere with quality patient care? - Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) Inf-9 guideline promotes removal of indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs) within 48 hours of surgery.

Long-term follow-up of patients after childhood urinary tract infection - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term outcome of children with urinary tract infection (UTI).

Age, nursing home residence, and presentation of urinary tract infection in U.S. emergency departments, 2001-2008 - Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Current outpatient diagnostic algorithms for urinary tract infection (UTI) in older adults require the presence of classic signs and symptoms of UTI, such as fever and genitourinary symptoms.

Risk factors and clinical impact of levofloxacin or cefazolin nonsusceptibility or ESBL production among uropathogens in adults with community-onset urinary tract infections - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Gram-negative bacilli causing community-onset urinary tract infections (CoUTIs) are getting increasingly resistant to antimicrobial agents.

Nitrofurantoin in the treatment of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli-related lower urinary tract infection - Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nitrofurantoin (NFT) in the treatment of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli-related lower urinary tract infection (LUTI).

Change in antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli urinary tract isolates at a single institution over a period of 10 years - Abstract

Urinary tract infections are common.

Prediction of vesicoureteral reflux in children with first urinary tract infection by dimercaptosuccinic acid and ultrasonography - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common causes of febrile pediatric diseases.