Although urinary tract infections (UTI) represent the most common infection caused by enterococci, some aspects remain to be fully clarified. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics present in UTI caused by Enterococcus spp. in patients followed up at the Prof. Edgard Santos Teaching Hospital of the Federal University of Bahia. All patients consecutively examined bet...

Objective: To assess the usefulness of the routine urine culture in febrile young children. setting: Tertiary care teaching hospital design: One year’s prospective study from October 2009 to September 2010 Patients: 334 febrile young children who were less than 5 years of age, who were admitted to the paediatric ward. Results: Out of 334 febrile children, 27 cases were diagnosed to have UTI , w...

BACKGROUND Epidemiologic studies show a strong association between Ureaplasmas and urogenital tract disease in humans. Since healthy humans can be colonized with Ureaplasmas, its role as a pathogen remains controversial. In order to begin to define the role of the host in disease, we developed a rodent model of urinary tract infection (UTI) using Fischer 344 (F344) rats. Animals were inoculated...

Patients with neurogenic bladder and/or indwelling catheters are overtreated for urinary tract infection (UTI) due to the presence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (bacteria in urine). Colonizing bacteria in these patients often develop resistance to antibiotics, making treatment challenging if the patient develops an infection at a later point in time. Patients with indwelling chronic catheters oft...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common problem in childhood and the primary health care practitioner is usually the frontline in diagnosis and management. The development of better imaging techniques, revised understanding of host defencebacterial virulence interactions in UTI, together with the results of several longitudinal studies on the implications of renal scarring in children, have p...

Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is one of the most common diseases encountered in humans today, especially in women and children. E.coli has consistently been reported to be the major cause of this disease. Nitrofurantoin, Fluoroquinolones, and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole are the most commonly used classes of drugs for the therapy of Urinary tract infection. However, uropathogens have become gr...

OBJECTIVES To determine the impact of using an algorithm requiring selective rather than routine urinary tract imaging following a first febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) on imaging use, detection of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), prophylactic antibiotic use, and UTI recurrence within 6 months. DESIGN Retrospective review comparing outcomes during periods before algorithm use (September 1, ...

BACKGROUND: Escherichia coli is the major pathogen in many extraintestinal Gram-negative bacillus infections. Both E. coli virulence characteristics and host factors contribute to the development of E. coli bacteremia in urinary tract infection (UTI). The aim of this study was to examine the bacterial virulence characteristics in E. coli infections arising from the urinary tract. METHODS: A tot...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common bacterial infection occurring in residents of long-term–care facilities. It is a frequent reason for antimicrobial administration, but antimicrobial use for treating UTIs is often inappropriate. Achieving optimal management of UTI in this population is problematic because of the very high prevalence of bacteriuria, evidence that the treatment of ...