Epidemiology of urinary tract infections: incidence, morbidity, and economic costs

B Foxman - The American journal of medicine, 2002 - Elsevier
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are considered to be the most common bacterial infection.
According to the 1997 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital …

Epidemiology of urinary tract infections: incidence, morbidity, and economic costs

B Foxman - Disease-a-month, 2003 - Elsevier
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are considered to be the most common bacterial infection.
According to the 1997 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital …

Role of biofilm in catheter-associated urinary tract infection

BW Trautner, RO Darouiche - American journal of infection control, 2004 - Elsevier
The predominant form of life for the majority of microorganisms in any hydrated biologic
system is a cooperative community termed a “biofilm.” A biofilm on an indwelling urinary …

Long-term medical complications after traumatic spinal cord injury: a regional model systems analysis

WO McKinley, AB Jackson, DD Cardenas… - Archives of physical …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: To analyze the incidence, risk factors, and trends of long-term secondary medical
complications in individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury. Design: Data were reviewed …

Urinary tract infection in persons with spinal cord injury

DD Cardenas, TM Hooton - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 1995 - Elsevier
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 …

Urinary tract infection prophylaxis using Escherichia coli 83972 in spinal cord injured patients

R Hull, D Rudy, W DONOVAN, C SVANBORG… - The Journal of …, 2000 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Escherichia coli 83972 was previously shown to establish bladder colonization in
select patient groups. We evaluate the safety and feasibility of using bacterial interference …

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 …

Urologic complications of the neurogenic bladder

EA Gormley - Urologic Clinics, 2010 - urologic.theclinics.com
The goals of management in the patient with a neurogenic bladder should consist of
preservation or improvement in upper tract function, absence or control of infection, and …

Epidemiology and risk factors for urinary tract infection following spinal cord injury

KB Waites, KC Canupp, MJ DeVivo - Archives of physical medicine and …, 1993 - Elsevier
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 …

Relationship of impairment and functional ability to habitual activity and fitness following spinal cord injury

LUC NOREAU, ROYJ SHEPHARD… - International Journal …, 1993 - journals.lww.com
Con la colaboración de 123 voluntarios (73 con paraplojia y 50 con tetraplejia) se testaron
las asociaciones que se producen entre la actividad fisica recreativa, la forma fisica, la …