conclusions urinary ghrelin concentration was lower before treatment of uti and significantly increased after cessation of inflammation. further studies are required for more definite results. patients and methods this study was performed on 40 hospitalized children with uti at mofid children’s hospital during years 2013 to 2014. ghrelin and creatinine were measured before and after treatment. ...

results at the end of the study, four 4 cases in the nelatone group and 12 cases in the foley group presented with uti (p = 0.01). no positive urine cultures were found in the control group. conclusions the nelatone catheters, compared with the foley ones, had a lower risk of uti in the long term use. verifying this claim by further studies can have an important role in reducing utis in patient...

background and objective: this study was undertaken to assess the ability of standard urinalysis (ua) and hemocytometer white blood cell (wbc) counts for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection (uti) in patients with urinary symptoms. materials and methods: a total of 600 patients with symptoms of urinary tract infection were enrolled in this prospective study. standard ua, hemocytometer wbc c...

background infections in critical care unit are high, and they are serious hospital problems. infections acquired during the hospital stay are generally called nosocomial infections, initially known as infections arising after 48 h of hospital admission. the mostfrequent nosocomial infections (urinary, respiratory, gastroenteritis and blood stream infection) were common in patients at hospital....

fungal elements of urinary tract were investigated in two groups of the individuals, either with major underlying illnesses, or without any diseases. diabetes mellitus was recognized as the most important underlying diseases in this study and candida glabrata was the commonest species occurring in high numbers in urine specimens of debilitated patients.

conclusions it was demonstrated that, considerable percentage of uti existed in the gastroenteritis diseases. early treatment of uti in patients would reduce uti complications. objectives the current study aimed to investigate uti in patients with diarrhea. patients and methods this case-control study was conducted on 200 participants, 100 were patients with acute gastroenteritis and the other ...

background: hyperbilirubinemia is a common cause of referral to neonatal care units. according to several studies, jaundice is among the primary symptoms of urinary tract infection (uti) in neonates. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of uti in asymptomatic term neonates diagnosed with indirect hyperbilirubinemia within the first two weeks of birth. methods: this prospective study was...

background and objectives: urinary tract infections (uti) are one of the most common infectious diseases with different microbial agent and antimicrobial resistant pattern in hospitalized patients and outpatients. in order to assess the adequacy of therapy, knowledge of prevalence and resistance pattern of the bacteria is necessary. the main aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and ...

background nosocomial infections are generally occurring 72 hours after admittance and are not present or incubating prior to admittance. the most common nosocomial infection is urinary tract infection (uti). scanty data are available regarding the nosocomial infections in iranian teaching hospitals. the aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of symptomatic nosocomial uti, iden...