Bacterial urinary tract infections (UTIs) are frequent infections in the outpatient as well as in the nosocomial setting. The stratification into uncomplicated and complicated UTIs has proven to be clinically useful. Bacterial virulence factors on the one side and the integrity of the host defense mechanisms on the other side determine the course of the infection. In uncomplicated UTIs Escheric...

INTRODUCTION Hospital-acquired Urinary tract infections make 35% of all the hospital-acquired infections, and about 80% of them are related to the catheterization of the urinary bladder. PURPOSE To determine clinical characteristics and dominant etiologic factors of Urinary Tract Infections associated with urinary catheter (C-UTIs). METHODS Determined clinical characteristics of C-UTIs were...

Background: Urinary tract infections are one of the most frequent health problems and Uropathogenic Escherichia coli is the major pathogen resulting UTIs. The severity of UTIs is caused by the expression of a large range of virulence factors.In this study, we evaluated the allelic frequency fimH gene, in UPECs isolated from patients with UTIs. This study also aimed to determine the roles of C64...

Practice Pointers Cranberry products have been used for many years to treat and prevent UTIs. Biochemical research suggests that cranberry products might prevent UTIs by altering the levels of hippuric acid in urine, or by preventing bacterial adhesion to the uroepithelial cells in the wall of the bladder. Cranberry products include juice, syrup, capsules, and tablets, but there is no consensus...

ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article type: Original Article Background: The pathologies classified as urinary tract infections (UTI) can have a deleterious effect on patients who have undergone a renal transplantation. Often recurrent UTIs will occur, leading to high morbidity, failure of the grafting process overall and even death. The study presented here seeks to expand the knowledge of recurrent U...

INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus and the postmenopausal period are associated with increased risk of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women. However, data on UTIs in postmenopausal diabetic women are scarce. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of UTIs in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus, identify the potential risk factors, describe the causative p...

OBJECTIVE Several studies have investigated the role of cranberry extract in the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), on different selected subpopulations at increased risk of UTI. In this registry, we tested the prophylactic effects of an oral supplementation containing a highly standardized cranberry extract (Anthocran®) in young subjects with a previous history of recurre...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) represent a common and quite costly medical problem, primarily affecting the female population which may be due to a shorter urethra. The bacterium Escherichia coli are mainly responsible for most uncomplicated UTIs. Cranberry antibacterial effects have widely been studied in vitro, and laboratory and clinical studies have also been performed to elucidate the mec...