scholarly journals Trends in Nursing Research on Infections: Semantic Network Analysis and Topic Modeling

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6915
Author(s):  
Jongsoon Won ◽  
Kyunghee Kim ◽  
Kyeong-Yae Sohng ◽  
Sung-Ok Chang ◽  
Seung-Kyo Chaung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Bacterial Infections ◽  
Semantic Network ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Tract Infections

Background: Many countries around the world are currently threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic, and nurses are facing increasing responsibilities and work demands related to infection control. To establish a developmental strategy for infection control, it is important to analyze, understand, or visualize the accumulated data gathered from research in the field of nursing. Methods: A total of 4854 articles published between 1978 and 2017 were retrieved from the Web of Science. Abstracts from these articles were extracted, and network analysis was conducted using the semantic network module. Results: ‘wound’, ‘injury’, ‘breast’, “dressing”, ‘temperature’, ‘drainage’, ‘diabetes’, ‘abscess’, and ‘cleaning’ were identified as the keywords with high values of degree centrality, betweenness centrality, and closeness centrality; hence, they were determined to be influential in the network. The major topics were ‘PLWH’ (people living with HIV), ‘pregnancy’, and ‘STI’ (sexually transmitted infection). Conclusions: Diverse infection research has been conducted on the topics of blood-borne infections, sexually transmitted infections, respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, and bacterial infections. STIs (including HIV), pregnancy, and bacterial infections have been the focus of particularly intense research by nursing researchers. More research on viral infections, urinary tract infections, immune topic, and hospital-acquired infections will be needed.

Renal and Genitourinary Emergencies

2019 ◽  
pp. 293-303
Author(s):  
Michelle Storkan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infection ◽  
The United States ◽  
Common Reason ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Tract Infections

Renal and genitourinary complaints are common presentations to the emergency department. Urinary tract infections are among the top three sites of infection in patients presenting to the emergency department. Nephrolithiasis is also a common reason for patients to present due to the severe associated pain. Greater than 20 million patients in the United States are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection yearly and many of these present to the emergency department due to the associated discomfort and related symptoms. Other conditions related to the renal and genitourinary systems, though less common, are important for emergency providers to be adept at managing.

Research Trend for Infection in Nursing Academic Field: Focusing on Semantic Network Analysis and Topic Modeling (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongsoon Won ◽  
Kyunghee Kim ◽  
Kyeong-Yae Sohng ◽  
Sung Ok Chang ◽  
Seung Kyo Chaung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Semantic Network ◽  
Wound Management ◽  
Research Trend ◽  
Gastrointestinal Infections ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The Core ◽  
Tract Infections

BACKGROUND The development of nursing practice should be preceded by research that can provide a theoretical basis. Therefore, to establish a developmental strategy for infection control, it is important to identify the knowledge structure of infection researches in the field of nursing. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify the core keywords and topics of infection-related research over the past 40 years to better understand the research trends. METHODS The study was conducted in four steps: 1) collecting abstracts, 2) extracting and cleaning semantic morphemes, 3) building co-occurrence matrix, and 4) analyzing the network features and modeling topic group. A total of 4,854 articles published between 1978 and 2017 were retrieved from the Web of Science. Abstracts from these articles were extracted, and network analysis was conducted using the semantic network module. RESULTS The core keywords were ‘wound’, ‘injury’, ‘breast’, ‘dressing’, ‘temperature’, ‘drainage’, ‘diabetes’, and ‘cleaning’. Ten topics were identified from the databases. The major topics were ‘PLWH (people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus)’, ‘birth’, and ‘STI (sexually transmitted infection)’. CONCLUSIONS Infection research was developed diversely in the fields of blood-borne infections, sexually transmitted infections, respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, and wound management. Most of all, HIV infections have been a major focus by nursing researchers. In addition to research areas that have already been developed, more research on waterborne infections, gastrointestinal infections, and community-acquired infections will be needed.

scholarly journals Quinolones for the Treatment ofNeisseria GonorrhoeaeandChlamydia Trachomatis

1993 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Faro
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Chlamydia Trachomatis ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Single Agent ◽  
Moderate Activity ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Tract Infections

The most commonly sexually transmitted bacteria areNeisseria gonorrhoeaeandChlamydia trachomatis.The quinolones ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin have been shown to have activity against both of these bacteria in vitro and in vivo. Ofloxacin is particularly well suited for the treatment ofN. gonorrhoeaeandC. trachomatiscervical infection, which can be considered the earliest manifestation of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Not only can ofloxacin be effectively used as a single agent, it is also useful in treating urinary tract infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae. Although it has moderate activity against anaerobes in general, ofloxacin does have activity against the anaerobes commonly isolated from female patients with soft tissue pelvic infections. Thus, ofloxacin has the potential for being utilized to treat early salpingitis.

#54: Sensitivity and Specificity of Procalcitonin vs C Reactive Protein in Identifying Pediatric Bacterial infections

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. S16-S16
Author(s):  
Sara Kim ◽  
Avni Bhatt ◽  
Silvana Carr ◽  
Frances Saccoccio ◽  
Judy Lew
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Sensitivity And Specificity ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Bacterial Infections ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Culture Positivity ◽  
Serious Bacterial Infections ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Culture Positive

Abstract Background Procalcitonin (PCT) and c-reactive protein (CRP) have been utilized in children to assess risk for serious bacterial infections. However, there have been different cut-offs reported for PCT and CRP, which yield different sensitivity and specificity. This study aims to compare the sensitivity and specificity of PCT and CRP in detecting serious bacterial infections (SBIs), specifically urinary tract infections, bacteremia and meningitis. Methods In this retrospective, single center cohort study from January 2018 to June 2019, we analyzed children with a fever greater than 38C with both PCT and CRP value within 24 hours of admission. Each patient had a blood, urine and/or cerebrospinal fluid culture collected within 48 hours of admission. No antibiotics were administered from the admitting hospital prior to collection of the PCT or CRP. Our gold standard was a positive culture obtained from blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or urine. The statistical analysis included categorical variables as percentages and compared them using the Fisher exact test. The optimal cutoff values for PCT or CRP were based on ROC curve analysis and Youden Index. Sensitivity and specificity analysis were based on literature review cut offs and ROC curves cut offs. Results Among 202 children, we had 45 culture positive patients (11 urinary tract infections, 4 meningitis, and 32 bacteremia). The patients with culture positivity had higher PCT levels (7.9 ng/mL vs 2.5 ng/mL, P=0.0111), CRP levels (110.9 mg/L vs 49.6 mg/L, P<0.0001) and temperature (39.2C vs 39C, P<0.0052). The area under the curve (AUC) comparing culture positivity vs negativity for all culture types was 0.72 (p<0.0001) for PCT and 0.66 (p=0.001) for CRP. In Figure 1, the AUC for culture positive bacteremia was 0.68 (p=0.0011) for PCT and 0.70 (p=0.0003). The AUC for culture positive urinary tract infections (UTI) only was 0.86 (p=0.0001) for PCT and 0.70 (p=0.3607). For the cut-off value for PCT at 0.5 ng/mL, the sensitivity and specificity was 64% (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.5–0.77) and 70% (95% CI 0.62–0.77) respectively in identifying children with bacterial infection. For the cut-off value for CRP at 20 mg/L, the sensitivity and specificity was 67% (95% CI 0.52–0.79) and 52% (95% CI 0.44–0.59) respectively in identifying children with bacterial infection. Conclusion In this study, PCT and CRP are nearly equivalent classifiers for detecting SBIs as a group and bacteremia, but PCT is statistically better for urinary tract infections; however, the clinical utility is unknown.

Assessment of symptoms on patients with urinary tract infections and adherence to medications

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1740-1744
Author(s):  
Eva Lorel Kouassi ◽  
Abdul Wahid Ishaque ◽  
Amulya P. Shetty ◽  
Rimpa Devi ◽  
Sheethal Kuriakose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Bacterial Infections ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
P Value ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Early Assessment ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Outpatient Settings ◽  
The Impact

Although urinary tract infections (UTIs) are considered to be the most common bacterial infections worldwide, their assessment remains a big clinical challenge, because they are not reportable diseases in developed countries like United States and any other parts of the world including India. This situation is further complicated by the fact that accurate diagnosis depends on both the presence of symptoms and a positive urine culture, although in most outpatient settings this diagnosis is made without the benefit of culture. Our study aimed to appraise the impact of urinary tract infections symptoms on selected patients and comprehend their adherence to medications despite the challenges of antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance observed. One hundred and twenty patients with confirmed cases of urinary tract infections were recruited for the study. The mean age of females and males patients was found to be 59.86±2.37and 52.27±3 years respectively. Pertinent descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. Spearman correlation test revealed a strong positive correlation between overall UTIs’ symptoms and their impact on patients at baseline (0.84) and at follow up (0.799) with p value =0.5. On the other hand the majority of patients were found to be adherent to the medications after discharge. The current study revealed that Urinary tract infections if left untreated can negatively impact the lives of patients suffering from it and hinder their adherence to medications. Consequently, accurate and early assessment of UTIs’ symptoms in clinics and hospitals becomes a necessity.

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