Neonatal Urinary Tract Infection in a Tertiary Care Center in Amman, Jordan

Complicated Urinary Tract Infection in a Tertiary Care Center in South India

Context: Knowledge of microbiology and antibiotic susceptibility of complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI) is essential for defining the empirical treatment Aims: 1) To find out the common presenting symptomatology associated with cUTI 2) To determine the distribution of bacterial strains isolated from cUTI 3) To identify Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) producers in the different po...

Diagnosis and Antibiotic Resistance Distribution in Children with Urinary Tract Infection: A Single Center Experience

Background: Urinary tract infection is a common disease in childhood. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of urinary analysis, assess the role of urine culture in determining its necessity and evaluate etiologic agents and antimicrobial resistance patterns in children with urinary tract infection.Methods: Our study was made by evaluating the patients who applied to...

Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infection in Pregnant Women

  Background and Objectives: Urinary tract infection is one of the most common bacterial infections in the human population, and more frequent infection during pregnancy. With notice to this point that most of urinary tract infections during pregnancy are asymptomatic, they could lead to serious complications such as prematurity, low-birth weight, hypertension, and higher fetal mortality rates...

Cost of neonatal intensive care in a tertiary care center.

BACKGROUND The number of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in India has increased substantially over the last decade; yet many more are required. There is limited information on the actual costs of setting up and running an NICU in India. OBJECTIVE Systematic and comprehensive calculation and analysis of the costs of neonatal intensive care in a tertiary care teaching hospital. METHODS ...

Antibiotic Prescription Practice for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection in a Tertiary Center

Streptococcus agalactiae-associated Urinary Tract Infections amongst Male Patients at a Tertiary Care Setting in Southwest India

Introduction: The occurrence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by the group B Streptococcus (GBS) in females is well documented. On the contrary, the prevalence amongst males is infrequent, and studies from the Indian subcontinent are limited. This study aimed to determine the occurrence of GBS bacteriuria and its antibiotic susceptibility profile amongst male patients. Methods: Clean-c...