Factors associated with bacteremia in young infants with urinary tract infection - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most frequent severe bacterial infection in infants.
Infections
Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-positive Escherichia coli causing complicated upper urinary tract infection: Urologist should act in time - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Recently, many articles reported increased incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) due to Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-producing E. coli.
Obesity and a febrile urinary tract infection: Dual burden for young children? - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between obesity and febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in young children.
Influence of inadequate antimicrobial therapy on prognosis in elderly patients with severe urinary tract infections - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Inadequate empirical antimicrobial therapy (IEAT) in intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with adverse outcomes.
Bilateral adrenal haemorrhage associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia during treatment of Fournier gangrene - Abstract
We present a case of bilateral adrenal haemorrhage (BAH) associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia (HIT) in a 61-year-old man admitted to hospital for the treatment of Fournier's gangrene.
General practitioners do not systematically adhere to regional recommendations on treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections - Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Uncomplicated urinary tract infection (uUTI) is a common reason for seeing a GP.
Changes in bacterial species and antibiotic sensitivity in intensive care unit: Acquired urinary tract infection during 10 years interval (2001-2011) - Abstract
PURPOSE: Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are usually at greater risk for acquiring urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Antimicrobial treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in noncatheterized adults: A systematic review - Abstract
Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a common clinical finding characterized by the presence of bacteria in the urine of an individual without signs or symptoms suggestive of urinary tract infection.
Urinary tract infections: Leading initiatives in selecting empiric outpatient treatment (UTILISE) - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Overuse of fluoroquinolone antibiotics is associated with outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and increasing resistance in gram-negative organisms.
Pharmacokinetics of ertapenem in outpatients with complicated urinary tract infections - Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Ertapenem is a broad-spectrum carbapenem antibiotic used to treat severe bacterial infections.
Alcohol consumption and prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among US men in the HPV in Men (HIM) study - Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Moderate alcohol consumption can impair host defence against viral infections.
New procedure for rapid identification of microorganisms causing urinary tract infection from urine samples by mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) - Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry is widely established as a technique in clinical microbiology laboratories for the identification of microorganisms.
Antimicrobial prophylaxis for children with vesicoureteral reflux - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Children with febrile urinary tract infection commonly have vesicoureteral reflux.
Evaluation of patients' skin, environmental surfaces, and urinary catheters as sources for transmission of urinary pathogens - Abstract
In hospitalized patients with urinary tract infection or asymptomatic bacteriuria, urinary pathogens frequently contaminate skin, high-touch environmental surfaces, and urinary catheters.
Paediatric urinary tract infections: A retrospective application of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines to a large general practitioner referred historical cohort - Abstract
BACKGROUND: The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) is a United Kingdom nondepartmental public body accountable to the Department of Health.
Ceftolozane/tazobactam activity tested against aerobic Gram-negative organisms isolated from intra-abdominal and urinary tract infections in European and United States hospitals (2012) - Abstract
Ceftolozane/tazobactam is under clinical development for treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections (IAI), complicated urinary tract infections (UTI) and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Dipstick screening for urinary tract infection in febrile infants - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study compares the performance of urine dipstick alone with urine microscopy and with both tests combined as a screen for urinary tract infection (UTI) in febrile infants aged 1 to 90 days.
Pharmacological study of cefoxitin as an alternative antibiotic therapy to carbapenems in treatment of urinary tract infections due to extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli - Abstract
Cefoxitin could be an alternative to carbapenems in extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) infections.
Epidemiological surveillance of bacterial nosocomial infections in the surgical intensive care unit - Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Intensive care units (ICUs) are associated with a greater risk of developing nosocomial infections (NIs) than other departments.
Using intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging to evaluate cortical defects in the first episode of upper urinary tract infections: Preliminary results - Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion weight imaging IVIM-DWI MRI with DMSA for the evaluation of cortical defect in pediatric upper urinary tract infection (UTI) patients.