Background Health-care-associated infection is the most frequent result of unsafe patient
care worldwide, but few data are available from the developing world. We aimed to assess …

Classification of urinary tract infections (UTI) is important for clinical decisions, research,
quality measurement and teaching. Current definitions of UTI are above all based on the …

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). This work represents an update to …

These updated guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice of the
American Society of Transplantation review the diagnosis, prevention, and management of …

Infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in transplant recipients. Since the
pattern of infections change continually due to evolving donor–recipient characteristics …

Background. The emergence of multidrug resistant bacterial pathogens in hospitals is
becoming a challenge for surgeons to treat hospital acquired infections. Objective. To …

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is common in renal transplant recipients. Frequency of UTIs
depend on many factors such as age, female gender, kidney function, co‐morbidity, type …

Urinary tract infection (UTI) represents the most common infection after kidney
transplantation; it is associated with an increased risk for acute kidney rejection and …

Background A kidney recipient's urinary tract infection (UTI) can result in infectious problems
and be a risk factor for less successful transplant outcomes. UTI risk factors are still …

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in renal
transplant patients. These infections are quite common, and the goal of care is to identify …