Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common medical complications of pregnancy (Mittal & Wing, 2005). It is estimated that one in three women of childbearing age will have a UTI (Duarte et al., 2008). Because of the normal physiologic changes induced by gestation, pregnant women are especially susceptible to these infections. UTIs are characterized by the presence of infectious a...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most frequent bacterial infections in infants and young children. Its incidence is infl uenced by age and sex, and it is diffi cult to estimate, as the existing epidemiological studies are very heterogeneous, with varying defi nitions of UTI, populations studied and methodologies used for collecting urine specimens. In addition, children with UTI, esp...

Although urinary tract infections (UTI) represent the most common infection caused by enterococci, some aspects remain to be fully clarified. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics present in UTI caused by Enterococcus spp. in patients followed up at the Prof. Edgard Santos Teaching Hospital of the Federal University of Bahia. All patients consecutively examined bet...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common medical problem. The diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections is an important and frequent clinical task. Symptoms and routine urine analysis are not consistent or reliable indicators of UTI; a quantitative culture of the urine is necessary for a definitive diagnosis (1-3). Because symptoms and urine analysis are of questionable value in doc...

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing pathogens are emerging as a cause of urinary tract infections (UTI) worldwide. In this matched-case control study, clinical characteristics and associated risk factors for ESBL UTI were evaluated. In a total of 463 positive urine cultures, 48 (10.4%) (from 39 patients, 23 boys) were phenotypically ESBL-producing bacteria. The most frequently iso...

BACKGROUND Guideline recommendations on therapy in urinary tract infections are based on antibiotic resistance rates. Due to a lack of surveillance data, little is known about resistance rates in uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) in general practice in Germany. In a prospective observational study, urine cultures of all women presenting with urinary tract infections in general practic...

OBJECTIVES The diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in young children are clinically challenging. This report was developed to inform the revised, evidence-based, clinical guideline regarding the diagnosis and management of initial UTIs in febrile infants and young children, 2 to 24 months of age, from the American Academy of Pediatrics Subcommittee on Urinary Tract Infec...

BACKGROUND Ultrasonographic (US) screening of the urinary tract (UT) in infants was used to determine if there is a connection between the frequency of pyelocaliceal dilation (PCD) in asymptomatic infants with normal antenatal US screening and occurrence of congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) and urinary tract infections (UTI). MATERIAL/METHODS US screening of the UT was ...