CASE REPORT A 52year old man with benign prostatic hyperplasia presented to us with retained cut end of a Foleys catheter with inflated bulb in his urinary bladder. He was catheterized for one month and the bulb could not be deflated as the catheter was due for change. In a hospital, an attempt was made to deflate the bulb. Accidentally, Foleys catheter was cut and distal end with the inflated ...

candida glabrata was thought to be a primarily non-pathogenic organism. however, with the ever-increasing population of immunocompromised individuals, it is considered to be an opportunistic pathogen. patients with spinal cord injuries often using a long-term urinary catheter and are high risk for urinary tract infections. this case report describes a patient with spinal cord injury (thoracic r...

This cohort study included 254 adult patients who used a urinary catheter (UC) during their hospitalization in a university hospital ward. The following were evaluated: catheter use, indication, time of permanence, urinary infection density, mortality, and hospital stay. Throughout the studied period, 14% of the hospitalized patients received UC, totaling 1735 UC-day. In 23% of cases, the proce...

OBJECTIVE To produce an accurate estimate of the association between catheter-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) and intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital mortality, controlling for major confounding factors. DESIGN Nested case-control study in a multicenter cohort (the OutcomeRea database). SETTING Twelve French medical or surgical ICUs. METHODS All patients admitted between Janua...

INTRODUCTION Suprapubic cystostomy is performed in spinal cord injury patients in order to prevent complications associated with long-term urethral catheter drainage. We report a patient in whom suprapubic catheter did not drain urine satisfactorily and imaging studies revealed hourglass bladder. CASE PRESENTATION A female patient sustained paraplegia in a traffic accident in 1994 at the age ...

BACKGROUND An indwelling urinary catheter can solve the problem of incontinence and may be life-saving in individuals with retention, but it can cause problems such as infection and may have a negative impact on body image, sex, and sexuality. AIM To explore the individual's perceptions of how a long-term urinary catheter can affect body image, sex, and sexuality; and to help GPs to discuss t...

INTRODUCTION Silicone Foley catheters tend to become stiffer as size of the catheter increases. Whereas the tip of a size 12 French silicone, Foley catheter is soft and flexible, a size 24 French silicone, Foley catheter is distinctly stiff. Chronically inflamed neuropathic bladders are susceptible to perforation by the tip of a Foley catheter. We report a patient with multiple sclerosis and mo...

PRINCIPLES Unnecessary treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria and overuse of urinary catheters in hospitals are of concern regarding antimicrobial resistance and patient safety, respectively. We investigated the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention in reducing urinary catheter use and unnecessary prescription of antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in hospitalised patients in a clini...

A 70 year old lady of recurrent ischaemic stroke on a chronic urinary catheter presented with purple discoloration of her catheter bag. Clinically, she was febrile. The urinary catheter drainage bag (Panel A) was purple stained. Her urine pH was alkaline at 7.5 with leucocytes present. The urine culture grew Klebsiella pneumoniae. She was treated with ampicillin/sulbactam which led to the resol...