Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTI c) remain the most common nosocomial
infection. Although usually benign, UTI c cause bacteremia in 2–4% of patients and have …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) produces profound alterations in lower urinary tract function.
Incontinence, elevated intravesical pressure, reflux, stones, and neurological obstruction …

Persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) have an increased risk of developing urinary tract
infections. Certain structural and physiological factors, such as bladder over-distention …

Morton SC, Shekelle PG, Adams JL, Bennett C, Dobkin BH, Montgomerie J, Vickrey BG.
Antimicrobial prophylaxis for urinary tract infection in persons with spinal cord dysfunction …

Even though the mortality due to urinary tract complications has decreased dramatically
during the last decades in individuals with spinal cord lesions (SCL), urinary tract infections …

A prospective study was performed to quantitate frequency and evaluate risk factors for
urinary tract infection (UTI) in 64 catheter-free spinal cord injury (SCI) patients who were …

User-friendly, cost-effective practices to manage urinary infection should become routine.
The vast majority of inflections are relatively easy to treat and many of these can be …

The two most common indications for long-term catheterization are recalcitrant urinary
incontinence and urinary obstruction that is not corrected by surgery. For incontinent …

A method for the controlled release of a biologically active agent wherein the agent is
released from a hydrophobic, pH-sensitive polymer matrix is disclosed and claimed. In one …

We evaluated the optimal means of prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections in 46
patients with an intermittently catheterized neurogenic bladder. Suppression with nightly 160 …