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GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2016 Introduction: Urinary tract infections range among the most frequent infections not only in hospital patients but also in residents of long-term care facilities for the elderly. Urinary catheters are the greatest risk factor for urinary tract infections.
Heudorf, Ursel +5 more
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ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2019 Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) presents a significant health problem worldwide and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
Shuai Zhang +9 more
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Host and bacterial proteases influence biofilm formation and virulence in a murine model of enterococcal catheter-associated urinary tract infection [PDF]
, 2017 Urinary tract infections: targeting enzymes might help Identifying bacterial and host enzymes that support biofilm formation may help prevent urinary tract infections caused by catheters.
Caparon, Michael G +5 more
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Extraction and quantification of biofilm bacteria: Method optimized for urinary catheters
Scientific Reports, 2018 Bacterial biofilms are responsible for the failure of many medical devices such as urinary catheters and are associated with many infectious and non-infectious complications. Preclinical and clinical evaluation of novel catheter coatings to prevent these
K. D. Mandakhalikar +5 more
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BMJ Open, 2022 Introduction Chronic urinary retention is a common lower urinary tract disorder, mostly neurogenic or idiopathic in origin. The preferred treatment is clean intermittent urinary self-catheterisation (CISC) four to six times a day.
Tess van Doorn +3 more
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ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2019 Urinary catheterization is one of the most common medical procedures that makes a patient susceptible to infection due to biofilm formation on the urinary catheter.
Katie H. Homeyer +3 more
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Inpatient urine cultures are frequently performed without urinalysis or microscopy: Findings from a large academic medical center [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVETo describe the frequency of urine cultures performed in inpatients without additional testing for pyuriaDESIGNRetrospective cohort studySETTINGA 1,250-bed academic tertiary referral centerPATIENTSHospitalized adultsMETHODSThis study included ...
Carson, Abigail L +6 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2017 Introduction: Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), an important causative agent of urinary tract infections (UTIs), carries virulence factors which are clustered on pathogenicity islands (PAIs).
Farzaneh Firoozeh +2 more
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URINARY INFECTIONS IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS: KIDNEY TRANSPLANT AND DIALYSIS
Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes, 2019 Patients on hemodialysis often have more urinary tract infections (UTIs) due to immunosuppression, lack of germ removal, presence of lithiasis, neurogenic bladder, abnormalities in the urinary tract, use of intravenous catheters and urinary catheters ...
María José Pomares
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ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2019 In this research, a multilayered superhydrophobic coating for urinary catheters was synthesized by a layer-by-layer deposition technique. A mussel-inspired polydopamine coating was utilized as a platform for the in situ anchoring of silver nanoparticles ...
Shuai Zhang +3 more
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