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I. Background Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most frequent infectious complication in renal transplant recipients (RTR) during the first year, reaching an incidence from 23% to 75%. (1,2) Asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) and UTI are associated with graft pyelonephritis, sepsis, acute rejection,
Group B Streptococcus (GBS), is a facultative gram positive diplococcus originally known for causing bovine mastitis and was not demonstrated to be a human pathogen until 1938 (1). In the 1970s, GBS emerged as the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, with a frequency of 2-3 cases per
Main objective:
To investigate the safety of omitting antibiotic prophylaxis in TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) and TURB (transurethral bladder tumour resection) in patients without a pre-operative catheter or > 100 WBC in the pre-operative urinary sample (TURP) or clinical signs of
The investigators intend to perform a cohort prospective trial in the delivery ward of CARMEL medical center. Pregnant women that are admitted to our ward and need to receive GBS (group B Streptococcus) prophylaxis either due to a positive GBS culture screen done at 35-37 weeks or by having risk
The clinical information system for Mount Sinai Hospital will be programmed such that, whenever a mid-stream urine sample is received in the microbiology laboratory from medical and surgical wards, the specimen will be held rather than processed. The system will reflex a result the specimen (either
Preterm delivery occurs before 37 weeks of gestation. Worldwide the preterm birth rate is estimated to be about 11% and in Israel the preterm birth rate is approximately 7% (1, 2). Preterm birth is the leading direct cause of neonatal death (death in the first 28 days of life), and is responsible
Pediatric urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common diagnosis and account for greater than 500,000 emergency department (ED) visits each year in the US. Although prevalence varies by age, gender, ethnicity and circumcision status, the overall prevalence is cited between 5% to 13.8%. UTIs also
Background
The latest report from the Staten Serum Institute (SSI)1 showed that primary health care in Denmark represents 90% of all prescribed defined daily dose(DDD) of antibiotics, and that a growing consumption of antibiotics is running alongside increasing resistance to E. coli, specifically
In Europe and North America, urinary tract infections (UTI) are the 2nd largest community-acquired infections. In the U.S., the number of annual doctor's consultations for UTI is estimated at 8 million and that of women's APN to 250,000. In Britain, an estimated number of 62 of 1000 women consult
Hysterectomy is the most common major gynecological operation performed; in previous study, 20% of women will have undergone a hysterectomy by the age of 50 years, mostly for nonmalignant conditions such as uterine fibroids, endometriosis, abnormal bleeding, uterine prolapse and intra-epithelial
1. Preparation of study catheters: Urinary catheters will be incubated in broth with E. coli 83972 for 48 hours prior to insertion into patients. Samples of broth will be removed after 24 hours and 48 hours of incubation to test for purity of the E. coli 83972. Study catheters will be inserted after