Abstract Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a major recurrent problem for spinal
cord injury (SCI) patients. Repeated antibiotic treatments contribute to the emergence of …

Population: Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with neurogenic bladder have an increased risk
for symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI). Recurrent UTI requires multiple courses of …

We read with great interest the recent study of Ortega et al. regarding the epidemiology and
outcome of bacteraemic catheter-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI). 1 We congratulate the …

Background Recurrent urinary tract infections (R-UTIs) are the main cause of morbidity and
hospitalizations in subjects with neurogenic bladder (NB) due to spinal cord injury (SCI). We …

Background Patients, especially inpatients, with spinal cord lesions and disorders (SCI/D)
have an elevated risk of recurrent urinary tract infections with multidrug resistant (MDR) …

Study design Retrospective cohort study. Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the
time to first detection of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) in urine culture and identify risk …

This open-label randomized controlled trial shows that weekly oral cyclic antibiotic (WOCA)
prophylaxis (ie alternate administration of two different antibiotics) is efficient in preventing …

Spinal cord injuries (SCI) result in different lower urinary tract dysfunctions. Because of both
the disease and the bladder drainage method, urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the …

Objective To assess the applicability of a short-course regimen of antibiotics for managing
catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) …

Objective To identify the prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria and identify their
specific risk factors in routine urine specimens of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Methods …