Infections

Antimicrobial management and appropriateness of treatment of urinary tract infection in general practice in Ireland - Abstract

Discipline of General Practice, School of Medicine, NUI Galway, Ireland.

Beyond the Abstract - Urinary tract infection before and after mid-urethral slings: Culture-proven diagnosis and analysis of risk factors, by Ahmed S. El-Hefnawy, MD

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Although postoperative complications of midurethral slings are well acknowledged, urinary tract infection is less commonly addressed than other complications and its prevalence is not well defined in literature.

Clinical presentation of urinary tract infection (UTI) differs with aging in women - Abstract

The Department of Geriatric Medicine, Meir Medical Center, 57 Tchernichovski Str., Kfar Saba 44281, Israel.

Effect of sexually transmitted infections, lifetime sexual partner count, and recreational drug use on lower urinary tract symptoms in men who have sex with men - Abstract

Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.

Urinary tract infection after colon and rectal resections: More common than predicted by risk-adjustment models - Abstract

Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA.

Can silver alloy catheters reduce infection rates? - Abstract

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.

Driving down catheter associated infection rates - Abstract

King's College Hospital Foundation Trust, London.

An in vitro urinary tract catheter system to investigate biofilm development in catheter-associated urinary tract infections - Abstract

Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.

Proteus mirabilis biofilms and catheter-associated urinary tract infections - Abstract

Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD, USA.

Should the presence of a culture positive urinary tract infection exclude patients from rapid evaluation hematuria protocols? - Abstract

Department of Urology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Guidelines to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection: 1980 to 2010 - Abstract

Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York.

R(3) Report | Requirement, rationale, reference

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com - Published for Joint Commission accredited organizations and interested health care professionals, R3 Report provides the rationale and references that The Joint Commission employs in the development of new requirements.

New R(3) report examines catheter-associated urinary tract infections

OAK BROOK, IL USA (Press Release) - September 28, 2011 - An estimated 450,000 catheter-associated urinary tract infections occur annually in hospitals and represent the leading cause of health care-associated infection in hospitals.

Urinary tract infection as a risk factor for autoimmune liver disease: From bench to bedside - Abstract

Liver Immunopathology, Institute of Liver Studies and Liver Unit, King's College London School of Medicine at King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill Campus, London SE5 9RS, UK.

Prevalence and risk factors for quinolone resistance among Escherichia coli strains isolated from males with community febrile urinary tract infection - Abstract

Emergency Department, Fundació Hospital de l´Esperit Sant, C/Avinguda Mossen Pons i Rabadà s/n, 08923, Santa Coloma Gramenet, Barcelona, Spain.

Beyond the Abstract - Prevalence and risk factors for quinolone resistance among Escherichia coli strains isolated from males with community febrile urinary tract infection, by Alex Smithson, PhD

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - E. coli is responsible for the vast majority of febrile urinary tract infections (FUTI) in men.

Effects of subinhibitory concentrations of ciprofloxacin on staphylococcus saprophyticus adherence and virulence in urinary tract infections - Abstract

Department of Surgery (Division of Urology), University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

Do general practitioners follow the national guidelines for treating urinary tract infections with antibiotics? - Abstract

Incorrect use of antibiotics is a major public health concern both nationally and globally due to the development of antibiotic resistance.

Epidemiology, treatment and prevention of healthcare-associated urinary tract infections - Abstract

Department of Urology, University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Update in adult urinary tract infection - Abstract

Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre, Room GG443-820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3A 1R9, Canada.