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Best Evidence for Preventing Urinary Tract Infections and Optimizing Care in Adults with Indwelling Urinary Catheters. [PDF]

Risk Manag Healthc Policy
Jiayan Tang,1,2 Yanhong Fan,3 Jiayun Lu,3 Yongfang Zhang1,3 1Graduate School, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Nursing and Health Management, Shanghai University of Medicine ...
Tang J, Fan Y, Lu J, Zhang Y.
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The Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Infections and Effective Prevention Strategies for Biofilm Formation in Urinary Catheters [PDF]

OUSL Journal, 2020
Biofilm formation is a complicated microbiological process and one of the distinctive features of pathogenic bacteria. Biofilms are a cluster of bacterial cells enclosed in extra polymeric substances and irreversibly attached onto a surface.
K. Vivehananthan, S. Thevashayinath, I. Abeygunawardena   +2 more
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Combating Bacterial Biofilm Formation in Urinary Catheter by Green Silver Nanoparticle

Antibiotics, 2022
Urinary catheters are commonly associated with urinary tract infections. This study aims to inhibit bacterial colonisation and biofilm of urinary tract catheters.
Reham M. Goda, Ahmed M. El-Baz, Eman M. Khalaf, Nada K. Alharbi, Tarek A. Elkhooly, Mohamed M. Shohayeb   +5 more
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Sonication as a tool for disrupting biofilms and recovering microorganisms in bladder catheters [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2023
Introduction: Urinary catheter-related infection is commonly associated with bacterial biofilm. The impact of anaerobes is unknown, but their detection in the biofilm on this device has not been previously reported.
Juliette Cieslinski, Victoria Stadler Tasca Ribeiro, Camila Kowodzeichak de Lima, Letícia Kraft, Paula Hansen Suss, Felipe Francisco Tuon   +5 more
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Intermittent catheterization: A patient-centric approach is key to optimal management of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction

Frontiers in Urology, 2023
The value of disposable, single-use catheters has come under scrutiny in recent years with a growing attention on environmental sustainability. Intermittent catheterization (IC) is a widely available and minimally invasive technique for management of ...
Andrei Krassioukov, Andrei Krassioukov, Andrei Krassioukov, Blayne Welk, Desiree Vrijens, Sabrina Islamoska, Kim Bundvig Barken, Veronique Keppenne, Michel Wyndaele, Matthias Walter, Matthias Walter   +10 more
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Tamm-Horsfall protein facilitates catheter associated urinary tract infection

BMC Research Notes, 2012
Background Urinary catheters are associated, commonly with bacteriuria and frequently with urinary tract infection. Tamm-Horsfall Protein (THP) is urine's most abundant protein and is known to bind to uropathogenic bacteria.
Raffi Hajamohideen S, Bates James M, Flournoy Dayl J, Kumar Satish   +3 more
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First case report of isolation of Micrococcus lylae from urinary catheter of a 50-year-old woman suffering from malignancy

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023
Introduction: Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is the most common healthcare-associated infection which tends to cause increased length of morbidity, and mortality of patients, in addition to increased bacterial resistance to ...
Pooja Mandviya, Niraj Ghanwate, Prashant Thakare   +2 more
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Silver Alloy-Coated Urinary Catheters: Preventing Urinary Tract Infection [PDF]

, 2022
Background: A urinary tract infection (UTI) involves any part of the urinary system, including the urethra, ureter, kidney, and bladder. Urinary tract infections are the most common healthcare-associated infection reported to National Healthcare Safety ...
Iwe, Assumpta I.
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Recent Advances in Antimicrobial Coatings and Material Modification Strategies for Preventing Urinary Catheter-Associated Complications

Biomedicines, 2022
In recent years, we have witnessed prominent improvements in urinary catheter coatings to tackle the commonly occurring catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in catheterized patients.
S. P. Yamini Kanti, Ildikó Csóka, Orsolya Jójárt-Laczkovich, Lívia Adalbert   +3 more
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Antimicrobial catheters for reduction of symptomatic urinary tract infection in adults requiring short-term catheterisation in hospital : a multicentre randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2012
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Gillies, Katie, N'Dow, James, McDonald, Alison, Buckley, Brian, Boachie, Charles, Kilonzo, Mary, Lam, Thomas, Burr, Jennifer Margaret, Grant, Adrian, Vale, Luke, Pickard, Robert, Maclennan, Graeme, Glazener, Cathryn, McPherson, Gladys, Walton, Katherine, Starr, Kath, Burr, Jennifer, Norrie, John   +17 more
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