Microbial ureteral stent colonization in renal transplant recipients: Frequency and influence on the short-time functional outcome

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-63

  Bonkat, G ^a   Rieken, M ^a   Siegel, F P ^a   Frei, R ^a   Steiger, J ^a   Groschl I ^a   Gasser, T C ^a   Dell Kuster, S ^a,b   Rosenthal, R ^a   Gurke L ^a   Wyler, S ^a   Bachmann, A ^a   Widmer, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Renal transplantation; Sonication; Ureteral stent; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL URINE CULTURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL URETER STENT COLONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; URETER STENT; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SONICATION; STENTS; URETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 84856925420     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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