A urinary tract infection, or UTI, is an infection of the urinary tract. The infection can occur at different points in the urinary tract. An infection in the bladder is also called cystitis or a bladder infection. An infection of one or both kidneys is called pyelonephritis or a kidney infection. The tubes that take urine from each kidney to the bladder are only rarely the site of infection. A...

Various adverse events can occur during antineoplastic therapy. A 67-year-old diabetic woman developed an emphysematous urinary tract infection (UTI) associated with chemoradiotherapy for lung cancer. She had received weekly carboplatin plus paclitaxel with thoracic radiotherapy and developed a fever on day 19. Computed tomography showed a large quantity of gas within the urinary tract. She was...

OBJECTIVE This report aims at both estimation of the rates of overall nosocomial and urinary tract infection (UTI) and their linear trends as well as studying the potential risk factors of patients admitted to Al-Hada, Rehab and Prince Sultan military hospitals and developed nosocomial UTIs (NUTIs). METHODS A case-control study on 206 discharged patients with confirmed UTI and 618 controls wi...

Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in older people. Unfortunately, UTI is commonly overdiagnosed and overtreated on the basis of nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms. The diagnosis of a UTI in the older patient requires the presence of new urinary symptoms, with or without systemic symptoms. Urinalysis is commonly used to diagnose infection in this population, however, the evide...

background: urinary tract infection (uti) is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases and escherichia coli is its common cause. the aim of this study was to assess the resistance patterns of e.coli in urinary tract infections and to determine the susceptibility of e.coli to commonly used antimicrobials and also to evaluate the options for empirical treatment of uti. methods: this study was...

Self-care to help yourself get better more quickly When should you get help? Contact your GP practice or contact NHS 111 (England), NHS 24 (Scotland dial 111), or NHS direct (Wales dial 0845 4647) or GP practice (N.Ireland) Options to help prevent a UTI Antibiotic resistance Treating Your Infection – Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) For women outside care homes with suspected uncomplicated urinary...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI) is a relatively common infection, especially among older people with long-term indwelling urethral catheter. The term CA-UTI is used to refer to symptomatic urinary tract infection in individuals with indwelling catheters [1]. In general, less than 30 days with an indwelling urinary catheter is considered short term while 30 days or more is d...

OBJECTIVES:Accuracy of pyuria for urinary tract infection (UTI) varies with urine concentration. Our objective this study was to determine the optimal white blood cell (WBC) cutoff UTI in young children at different concentrations as measured by specific gravity.