Uropathogenic bacteria leave a mark - Abstract
Department of Urology, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Department of Urology, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Department of Pediatrics, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Indwelling urinary catheters are the main cause of healthcare-associated urinary tract infections.
Department of Urology, South-Pest Hospital, 1 Koves Str., 1204, Budapest, Hungary.
Center for Evidence-Based Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Department of Infection Control, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois
Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W Carson St, Box 466, Torrance, CA 90509.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136.
VA Medical Center Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Department of Urology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Urology, 400 Parnassus, A610, San Francisco, CA 94130.
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Urology, Stanford University, California 94305, United States.
Ailsa Hospital, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Ayr, UK.
EDGEWOOD, NM USA (Press Release) - May 27, 2011 - On May 17, 2011, the Joint Commission announced it had approved a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) for 2012 for catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI).