Prevention of Urinary Infection in Gynaecology

Prevention of Urinary Infection in Gynaecology.

Urinary tract infection in gynaecology and obstetrics

Cystitis is a common problem in the general population affecting 50% of women in their lifetime. Pregnant women are prone to asymptomatic bacteriuria and screening and treatment is important, due to the risk of neonatal complications. Gynaecological patients are at greater risk of developing urinary tract infections, because of concomitant prolapse, vaginal atrophy, voiding dysfunction and inco...

EC GYNAECOLOGY Editorial HPV Infection and Cervical Cancer. Prevention Opportunities

Cervical cancer remains a medical and social problem for our country and requires the implementation of effective strategy for its prevention. The etiopathogenesis of precancer lesions and cervical cancer is associated with the human papillomavirus infection. The proof of the biological significance of papillomavirus infection led to the need to identify the role of individual HPV types, and th...

Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The underlying cause of catheter-associated urinary tract infection is biofilm formation by uropathogens on the urinary catheter. Biofilm is a relatively new concept in medicine, and current measures to prevent biofilm formation are inadequate. Considerable work is being done in this area, but little clinical progress has been made. The purpose of this review is to analyze rec...

Antibiotic prophylaxis in the prevention of urinary tract infection in patients with sterile urine before extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Background: One of the lithotripsy complications is urinary tract infection (UTI) and sepsis after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). The aim was to study the prophylactic effect of antibiotics on UTI after ESWL. Methods: This randomized double-blind clinical trial was carried out on 600 patients admitted to Babol Clinic hospital in 2014-2015. Patients were randomly divided into tre...