scholarly journals The Potential Impact of Excluding Funguria from the Surveillance Definition of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen V. Dicks ◽  
Arthur W. Baker ◽  
Michael J. Durkin ◽  
Sarah S. Lewis ◽  
Rebekah W. Moehring ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Infect Control Hosp ◽  
Tertiary Care Medical Center ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
True Infection

Funguria rarely represents true infection in the urinary tract. Excluding yeast from the catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) surveillance definition reduced CAUTI rates by nearly 25% in community hospitals and at an academic, tertiary-care medical center.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;00(0): 1–3

Clinical and Microbiological Profile of Urinary Tract Infection at a Tertiary-Care Center in Lebanon

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roula Fadel ◽  
Ghenwa K. Dakdouki ◽  
Zeina A. Kanafani ◽  
George F. Araj ◽  
Souha S. Kanj
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
American University ◽  
E Coli ◽  
American University Of Beirut ◽  
Hospital Acquired

AbstractWe compared community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) with hospital-acquired UTI at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Escherichia coli was the most frequently isolated organism. Hospital-acquired E. coli isolates were often rnultidrug resistant. These results can be used to improve empiric treatment of UTI.

scholarly journals Measuring Antibiotic Appropriateness for Urinary Tract Infections in Nursing Home Residents

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 998-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taniece Eure ◽  
Lisa L. LaPlace ◽  
Richard Melchreit ◽  
Meghan Maloney ◽  
Ruth Lynfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Infect Control Hosp ◽  
Antibiotic Prescribing ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
Tract Infections

We assessed the appropriateness of initiating antibiotics in 49 nursing home (NH) residents receiving antibiotics for urinary tract infection (UTI) using 3 published algorithms. Overall, 16 residents (32%) received prophylaxis, and among the 33 receiving treatment, the percentage of appropriate use ranged from 15% to 45%. Opportunities exist for improving UTI antibiotic prescribing in NH.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:998–1001

THE URINARY MANIFESTATIONS OF ANXIETY IN CHILD

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 818-822
Author(s):  
Richard Galdston ◽  
Alan D. Perlmutter
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Hospital Medical ◽  
Intrapsychic Conflict ◽  
Children’S Hospital ◽  
Psychiatric Manifestations

This report comprises concurrent studies of the urologic and psychiatric manifestations of intrapsychic conflict among a group of children who had been admitted to the surgical wards of The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, between 1965 to 1970 for complaints of disordered urination. Experience with these children indicates that anxiety can alter the frequency and disturb the adequacy of voiding to a degree sufficient to dispose the child to urinary tract infection. This effect of anxiety can occur both in the presence or absence of a demonstrable anatomic lesion. It suggests that an assessment of the degree and nature of the child's anxiety should be an integral part of the pediatric urologic examination.

scholarly journals Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in the Neuropathic Bladder: Changing the Paradigm to Include the Microbiome

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine S. Forster ◽  
Hans Pohl
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Clinical Management ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria ◽  
Specific Term ◽  
Variation In Care ◽  
Urinary Microbiome ◽  
Definition Of

Bacteriuria, a non-specific term that refers to the presence of bacteria in the urine, is common in people with neuropathic bladders. However, accurately determining when bacteriuria represents a urinary tract infection (UTI) as opposed to asymptomatic bacteriuria is difficult. There is currently no widely accepted definition of what constitutes a UTI in people with neuropathic bladders. As a result, there is significant variation in care, which likely leads to unnecessary use of antibiotics for bacteriuria. To improve the clinical management of people with neuropathic bladders, it is important to be able to accurately diagnose and treat UTIs. In this article, we review the difficulties associated with accurately diagnosing UTIs and then review proposed definitions. Finally, we discuss the emerging literature of the urinary microbiome and how this may assist in accurately diagnosing UTIs in people with neuropathic bladders.

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