Infections

Beyond the Abstract - The changing pattern of antimicrobial resistance within 42033 Escherichia coli isolates from nosocomial, community and urology patient-specific urinary tract infections, Dublin, 1999-2009, by Ivor Cullen

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - E.coli infection is the most causative pathogen in urinary tract infections, accounting for 70-80% in the community and 50-60% in the hospital setting.

Nosocomial urinary tract infection in the intensive care unit: When should Pseudomonas aeruginosa be suspected? Experience of the French national surveillance of nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit, Rea-Raisin - Abstract

CHU, CCLIN Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux, France.

Nurse-directed interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections - Abstract

University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO.

Overtreatment of enterococcal bacteriuria - Abstract

BACKGROUND: The purposes of this study were to investigate the clinical outcomes of enterococcal bacteriuria and to determine whether current management is adherent to Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines.

A hospital-site controlled intervention using audit and feedback to implement guidelines concerning inappropriate treatment of catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria - Abstract

Houston Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Michael E, DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.

B cell infiltration and lymphonodular hyperplasia in bladder submucosa of patients with persistent bacteriuria and recurrent urinary tract infections - Abstract

Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

Critical review of current definitions of urinary tract infections and proposal of an EAU/ESIU classification system - Abstract

Department of Urology, Århus University Hospital, Skejby, Århus University, Brendstrupgårdvej 100, DK-8200 Århus, Denmark.

Complete resolution of urinary bladder condyloma acuminatum following definitive chemoradiotherapy for anal cancer - Abstract

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne Southern Health, Clayton, Australia.

Data mining derived treatment algorithms from the electronic medical record improve theoretical empirical therapy for outpatient urinary tract infections - Abstract

Department of Urology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.

Iatrogenic foreign body in bladder induced recurrent urinary tract infection: A case report - Abstract

Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.

New insights into the epidemiology and etiology of Fournier's gangrene: A review of 33 patients - Abstract

Department of Surgery, University of Lübeck Medical School, Ratzeburger Allee 160, Lübeck, Germany.

Fournier's gangrene in a 44-year-old woman: CT scan findings - Abstract

Department of Radiodiagnosis, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.

Few hospitals aggressively combat catheter-associated urinary tract infections

ANN ARBOR, MI USA (Press Release) - December 8, 2011 -

University of Michigan Health System and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare study shows no-payment rule may not be enough to prevent infections

Preventing hospital-acquired infections: A national survey of practices reported by U.S. hospitals in 2005 and 2009 - Abstract

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, VA Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research and the Hospital Outcomes Program of Excellence (HOPE), PO Box 130170, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Evaluation of risk factors and severity of a life threatening surgical emergency: Fournier's gangrene (a report of 15 cases) - Abstract

Department of General Surgery, Celal Bayar University, School of Medicine, Manisa, Türkiye.

Editor's Commentary - Making the hospital safer for older adult patients: a focus on the indwelling urinary catheter

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This is a very good review of the steps that Kaiser Permanente, Southern California region, successfully used to reduce the inappropriate use of indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs).

Vacuum-assisted closure for the treatment of Fournier's gangrene - Abstract

Department of Urology, Messina University, Messina, Italy.

Localized Fournier's gangrene of the penis: A case report - Abstract

Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi university, Japan.

Editor's Commentary - Urethral erosion: a case for prevention

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - This article is about a case study of a 63-year-old, male resident of a local nursing facility in California, who developed urethral erosion, a common urethral complication with long-term indwelling urinary catheterization (IUC).

The evaluation of microbiology and Fournier's gangrene severity index in 27 patients - Abstract

Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinic Microbiology, Dicle University Medical School, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey.