Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI): Distribution of uropathogens and patterns of antimicrobial resistance in an Italian Hospital (1996-2003)

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 560-562

  Bonadio, Mario ^a,b   Pichierri, G ^a   Costarelli, S ^a   Morelli, G ^a   Tanzilli, P ^a   Tartaglia, T ^a   Mori, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CITROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 28144449169     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2005.17.5.560     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Patel HR, Arya M. The urinary catheter: 'a-voiding catastrophe'. Hosp Med. 2001; 62(3): 148-9.
2. th edn. William & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 1997.
3. Bryan CS, Reynolds KL. Hospital-acquired bacteremic urinary tract infection: epidemiology and outcome. J Urol 1984; 132(3): 494-8.
4. Platt R, Polk BF, Murdock B, Rosner B. Mortality associated with nosocomial urinary-tract infection. N Engl J Med. 1982; 307(11): 637-42.
5. Warren JW. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 1997; 11(3): 609-22.
6. Stamm WE. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: epidemiology, pathogenesis, and prevention. Am J Med. 1991; 91(3B): 65S-71S.
7. Wazait HD, Patel HRH, Veer V, Kelsey M, Van der Meulen JHP, Miller RA, Emberton M. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: prevalence of uropathogens and pattern of antimicrobial resistance in a UK hospital (1996-2001). Br J Urol Int 2003; 91: 806-9.
8. Bouza E, San Juan R, Munoz P, Voss A, Kluytmans J. A European perspective an nosocomial urinary tract infections II. Report on incidence, clinical characteristics and outcome (ESGNI-004 study). Clin Microbiol Infect 2001; 7: 532-42.
9. Bonadio M, Meini M, Spitaleri P, Gigli C. Current microbiological and clinical aspects of urinary tract infections. Eur Urol 2001; 40: 439-44.
10. Johansen TEB. Nosocomially acquired urinary tract infections in urology departments. Why an international prevalence study is needed in urology. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2004; 23 S1: 30-4.
11. Goettsch W, van Pelt W, Nagelkerke N, et al. Increasing resistance to fluoroquinolones in Escherichia coli from urinary tract infections in the Netherlands. J Antimicrob Chemother 2000; 46: 223-8.
12. Kunin CM. Nosocomial urinary tract infections and the indwelling catheter: what is new and what is true? Chest 2001; 120(1): 10-12.