Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common complications in people with neurogenic bladder. Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are challenging for several reasons, including a high prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and catheter use, frequent ambiguous nonlocalizing signs and symptoms, increased risk for complications and difficult-to-treat pathogens, and a lack of effective preventative methods. Current research aims to improve elicitation and evaluation of signs and symptoms, implement algorithms to avoid urine cultures in asymptomatic patients and use appropriate antibiotics for UTI, and identify novel effective prevention methods.
Infectious disease clinics of North America. 2024 Apr 04 [Epub ahead of print]
Margaret A Fitzpatrick, Nnamdi Nwafo
Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO, USA. Electronic address: ., Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, CU Research Complex II, 12700 East 19th Avenue. Mail Stop B168, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.