Pathogenesis of bacteriuria and infection in the spinal cord injured patient

MB Siroky - The American journal of medicine, 2002 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) produces profound alterations in lower urinary tract function.
Incontinence, elevated intravesical pressure, reflux, stones, and neurological obstruction …

Asymptomatic bacteriuria

LE Nicolle - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Recent publications confirm that asymptomatic bacteriuria is benign in most patients.
Management strategies for pregnant women with recurrent bacteriuria require further …

Antimicrobial prophylaxis for urinary tract infection in persons with spinal cord dysfunction

SC Morton, PG Shekelle, JL Adams, C Bennett… - Archives of physical …, 2002 - Elsevier
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 …

Urinary tract infections in patients with spinal cord lesions: treatment and prevention

F Biering-Sørensen, P Bagi, N Høiby - Drugs, 2001 - Springer
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 …

Bacterial interference for prevention of urinary tract infection: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot trial

RO Darouiche, JI Thornby, CC Stewart… - Clinical infectious …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
This prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot trial examined the
efficacy of bacterial interference in preventing urinary tract infection (UTI) in 27 patients with …

Prevention of urinary tract infection in spinal cord-injured patients: safety and efficacy of a weekly oral cyclic antibiotic (WOCA) programme with a 2 year follow-up—an …

J Salomon, P Denys, C Merle… - Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
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 …

A practical guide to the management of complicated urinary tract infection

LE Nicolle - Drugs, 1997 - Springer
Complicated urinary tract infections are infections in the setting of structural or functional
abnormalities of the genitourinary tract. They encompass a wide variety of clinical …

Prevalence and risk factors for multidrug resistant uropathogens in ED patients

SW Wright, KD Wrenn, M Haynes, DW Haas - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to describe resistance patterns of infecting organisms and
determine risk factors for multidrug resistance in patients with urinary tract infections …

A prospective, randomized trial of 3 or 14 days of ciprofloxacin treatment for acute urinary tract infection in patients with spinal cord injury

G Dow, P Rao, G Harding, J Brunka… - Clinical infectious …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Background. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is common among patients with spinal cord injury.
The optimal duration of treatment for symptomatic UTI has not been determined. Methods. A …

UTIs in patients with neurogenic bladder

MS Jahromi, A Mure, CS Gomez - Current urology reports, 2014 - Springer
Urinary tract infections (UTI) remain one of the most prevalent and frustrating morbidities for
neurogenic bladder patients, and death attributed to urosepsis in the spinal cord injury (SCI) …