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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2019 Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the common hospital-associated infections (HAIs), which can be prevented by practicing necessary precautions and by using antimicrobial urinary catheters (UCs).
Manaf Al-Qahtani +3 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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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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Long-Term Reduction of Bacterial Adhesion on Polyurethane by an Ultra-Thin Surface Modifier
Biomedicines, 2022 Indwelling urinary catheters are employed widely to relieve urinary retention in patients. A common side effect of the use of these catheters is the formation of urinary tract infections (UTIs), which can lead not only to severe medical complications ...
Brian De La Franier +3 more
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Biophysical modelling of bacterial colonisation of urinary catheters [PDF]
, 2023 I developed the first mathematical model for the infection dynamics of a urinary catheter. Urinary catheters are thin tubes which are inserted into the urethra to drain the bladder. They are commonly used for patients undergoing surgery under anaesthesia,
Bull, Freya
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Patients knowledge and experience with urinary and peripheral intravenous catheters
, 2020 Purpose: Inappropriate use of urinary and intravenous catheters is still frequent. The use of catheters is associated with some serious complications, such as health care associated infections (HAIs).
Geerlings, Suzanne E. +2 more
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Silver alloy vs. uncoated urinary catheters: a systematic review of the literature
, 2011 Aims and objectives. This systematic review aimed to determine whether there was enough evidence to conclude that silver-alloy urinary catheters reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections compared with silicone or latex urinary catheters in ...
Beattie, Michelle +3 more
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, 2020 Aim: To explore interventions and strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients with a short-term indwelling urinary catheter.
Yu, Shuhui +7 more
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