PURPOSE Endoscopic injection of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid is an option for primary vesicoureteral reflux. Few groups have assessed the rate of urinary tract infection after dextranomer/hyaluronic acid injection. We reviewed our experience with dextranomer/hyaluronic acid injection, and determined the incidence of and risk factors for postoperative urinary tract infection. MATERIALS AND METH...

Introduction Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infections in childhood. Appropriate treatment of UTI requires to knowledge about antibiotic resistance patterns of common uropathogens. The aim of this study was to determine demographic, symptoms, signs and antibiotic resistance pattern in admitted infants with clinically diagnosis of UTI in 17 Shahrivar Hospital of Rasht Ma...

GUL, M., KURUTAS, E., CIRAGIL, P., CETINKAYA, A., KILINC, M., ARAL, M. and BUYUKBESE, M.A. Urinary Tract Infection Aggravates Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Patients. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 2005, 206 (1), 1-6 ── To investigate the effect of urinary tract infection on oxidative stress in diabetic patients, we measured the activities of antioxidant enzymes such as catalase and superoxide dismutase, a...

Key words: urinary tract infection; complicating urin-even when renal involvement is present. Nevertheless it is useful to distinguish between upper and lower ary tract infection; recurrent urinary tract infection; radiological imaging; treatment; prevention UTI because treatment differs. The question arises whether localization studies should be performed or whether it is sufficient to monitor...

OBJECTIVE to describe strategies used by health professionals on the implementation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for the prevention of urinary infection related to catheterism. METHOD systematic review on literature based on data from CINAHL(r), Nursing & Allied Health Collection, Cochrane Plus Collection, MedicLatina, MEDLINE(r), Academic Search Complete, ACS ...

AIM to have the picture of infectious disease pattern and serum albumin level in elderly people with respiratory tract infection hospitalized at the Internal Medicine Ward, Dr. Moewardi Hospital Surakarta. METHODS descriptive-retrospective study. Sample was taken from the medical records of patients hospitalized at the Internal Medicine Ward DR. Moewardi Hospital from January to December 2004...

objective(s) extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl) producing bacteria have an important role in nosocomial infections. due to the limited availability of information about the molecular epidemiology of esbl producing bacteria in mashhad, we decided to investigate about tem, ctx and shv esbls among urinary escherichia coli isolates in mashhad, a city in northeast iran. materials and methods   ...

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...