Mar 02, 2020

Accurate staging of bladder cancer (BC) is critical, with local tumor staging directly influencing management decisions and affecting prognosis. However, clinical staging based on clinical examination...

Mar 02, 2020

Liver transplantation is a potentially curative treatment for terminal stage hepatic diseases. Bacterial infections are the main causes of mortality and morbidity in the early period post liver transp...

Feb 28, 2020

Although the clinical importance of the immunological benefits of breastfeeding has been emphasized for decades, their direct relationship with acute pyelonephritis (APN) is still not clear. Our goal ...

Feb 28, 2020

Resistance to fluoroquinolones (FQ) in uropathogenic (UPEC) has emerged as a growing problem. Chromosomal mutations and plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) determinants have been implicated....

Feb 28, 2020

Community-acquired ventriculitis is considered a rare condition. Central nervous system (CNS) infection due to gram-negative bacilli is usually associated with previous neurosurgical interventions. T...

Feb 28, 2020

The energy required for a bacterium to grow and colonize the host is generated by metabolic and respiratory functions of the cell. Proton motive force, produced by these processes, drives cellular mec...

Feb 25, 2020

This study aimed to explore the risk factors of urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients with intracranial cerebral hemorrhage (ICH).This is a retrospective study, and a total of 77 patients with ICH...

Feb 25, 2020

Urinary tract infection diagnosis and management generally involves a 48-h microbiological delay to obtain the antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) results. In the context of multidrug resistance, red...

Feb 25, 2020

The current study evaluated the prevalence of urologic disease among patients with hematuria referred for computerized tomography (CT) urography to determine which patients require investigation with ...

Feb 25, 2020

The urinary tract was once thought to be sterile, and little is known about the urinary microbiome in children. This study aimed to examine the urinary microbiome of young children across demographic ...

Feb 18, 2020

The aim of this study was to update and refine an algorithm, originally developed in Canada, to assist care home staff to manage residents with suspected infection in the United Kingdom care home sett...

Feb 18, 2020

Evidence supports the implementation of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) as standard of care. Until 2015 the overall experience with OPAT in Belgium remained limited. The aim of this...

Feb 18, 2020

Imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam (IMI-REL) is a novel β-lactam-β-lactamase inhibitor combination recently approved for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs) and complicated int...