Does urinary tract infection alter fetal fibronectin vaginal swab results?

SWAB Guidelines Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

Dr. S.E. Geerlings (coordinator, SWAB), Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases specialist, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Dr. C. van Nieuwkoop (VIZ, NIV), Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases specialist, Department of Internal Medicine, Hagaziekenhuis, the Hague E. van Haarst (NVU), Urologist, Departme...

Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infection in Pregnant Women

  Background and Objectives: Urinary tract infection is one of the most common bacterial infections in the human population, and more frequent infection during pregnancy. With notice to this point that most of urinary tract infections during pregnancy are asymptomatic, they could lead to serious complications such as prematurity, low-birth weight, hypertension, and higher fetal mortality rates...

Does this woman have an acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection?

CONTEXT Symptoms suggestive of acute urinary tract infection (UTI) constitute one of the most common reasons for women to visit clinicians. Although the clinical encounter typically involves taking a history and performing a physical examination, the diagnostic accuracy of the clinical assessment for UTI remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE To review the accuracy and precision of history taking and p...

Female Urinary Tract Infections and Vaginal Microbiota

Prevalence of Meningitis among Hospitalized Neonates with Urinary Tract Infection

Background: Bacteremia is relatively common in children with urinary tract infection (UTI). The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of bacterial meningitis among neonates with laboratory-confirmed UTI.Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was performed on 163 hospitalized neonates in Ali Asghar and Shahid Akbarabadi hospitals affiliated to Iran University o...