The urinary bladder stones are formed due to urinary retention, obstruction to the flow of urine commonly caused by enlargement of the prostate in males, urinary tract infections, and foreign body. The urinary bladder stones are usually found in males, and its presentation in females is a rare entity. Recurrence of urinary tract stones is commonly due to either repeated urinary tract infections...

Urinary tract infection (UTI), the most common bacterial infection, among renal transplant recipients (RTRs) remains a challenge particularly given increased incidence of MDR organisms including Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Compared to other infections, CRE infections were associated with inferior patient and graft outcomes. Paradoxically, there have been no guidelines on mana...

background: based on biochemical properties, enterobacter cloacae represents a large complex of at least 13 variant species, subspecies, and genotypes that progressively identified as the most species causing hospital-acquired infections. the aim of this study was to determine the relevance between phylogenetically related strains within the e. cloacae complex and the frequency of urinary tract...

OBJECTIVE: Urinary tract infections are caused by various gram-negative bacteria. Escherichia coli is the most common causative agent in all groups of patients. Staphylococcus saprophyticus is now recognized as a common cause of urinary tract infection in adolescents and young adult women. METHODS: Review of literature and clinical experience with urinary tract infections in adolescents at the ...

BACKGROUND Nosocomial urinary tract infections (NUTIs) are by definition not present at admission of a patient and are acquired during hospitalisation. The objective of this study was to study the uropathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity patterns in hospital acquired urinary tract infections presenting in a teaching hospital. METHODOLOGY It was a retrospective descriptive study carried o...

urinary tract infection (uti) is a common disease in childhood specially in female. in this study 50 patients with stablished diagnosis of uti were evaluated by both renal scan with tc-99m dmsa and renal sonography. the study revealed that most urinary tract infections are in children, female sex between 5-9 years of age. therefore the most important complications (renal scarring) are also comm...

Lower urinary tract infections are very common diseases. Recurrent urinary tract infections remain challenging to treat because the main treatment option is long-term antibiotic prophylaxis; however, this poses a risk for the emergence of bacterial resistance. Some options to avoid this risk are available, including the use of cranberry products. This article reviews the key methods in using cr...