ALLMedicine™ Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Center

Aug 9th, 2022 - Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is common among residents of residential aged care facilities (RACFs). However, differentiating between an established urinary tract infection and ASB in older adults is difficult. As a result, the overuse of dipstic...

Jul 26th, 2022 - Antibiotic stewardship for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is an important quality improvement target. Understanding how to implement successful antibiotic stewardship interventions is limited. To evaluate the effectiveness of a quality improvement...

Jul 25th, 2022 - Intradetrusor injection of onabotulinumtoxinA, which is performed thorough a cystoscopic procedure, has been demonstrated to be efficacious in the treatment of both neurogenic and non-neurogenic overactive bladder (OAB), and is FDA approved as a t...

Jul 19th, 2022 - The accuracy of conventional urinalysis in diagnosing urinary tract infection (UTI) in children is limited, leading to unnecessary antibiotic exposure in a large fraction of patients. Urinary heat shock protein 70 (uHSP70) is a novel marker of acu...

Jul 16th, 2022 - Comprehensive urinalysis involves inspection of the urine, dipstick chemical analysis, and microscopy and can be performed in the office setting. When testing for urinary tract infection, midstream urine should be collected using the clean-catch t...

Sep 25th, 2019 - Among the general adult population, women (across all ages) have the highest prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria, although rates increase with age among both men and women. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is present in an estimated 1% to 6% of premeno...

Sep 12th, 2019 - Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a common finding in many populations, including healthy women and persons with underlying urologic abnormalities. The 2005 guideline from the Infectious Diseases Society of America recommended that ASB should be s...

Jul 11th, 2018 - Recommendations on screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy.|2018|Moore A,Doull M,Grad R,Groulx S,Pottie K,|adverse effects,therapeutic use,diagnosis,drug therapy,diagnosis,drug therapy,economics,methods,

Mar 28th, 2017 - Antibiotic prophylaxis before urodynamic testing (UDS) is widely utilized to prevent urinary tract infection (UTI) with only limited guidance. The Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) convened a Best...

Feb 23rd, 2010 - Guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention, and management of persons with catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI), both symptomatic and asymptomatic, were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. The e...

Jul 25th, 2022 - Intradetrusor injection of onabotulinumtoxinA, which is performed thorough a cystoscopic procedure, has been demonstrated to be efficacious in the treatment of both neurogenic and non-neurogenic overactive bladder (OAB), and is FDA approved as a t...

Jun 15th, 2022 - Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common outpatient infection world-wide, and for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and neurogenic bladder (NB), it is the most common infection, secondary condition, cause for emergency room visits, and ...

Jun 15th, 2022 - Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common outpatient infection world-wide, and for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and neurogenic bladder (NB), it is the most common infection, secondary condition, cause for emergency room visits, and ...

May 24th, 2022 - The demographic evolution represents a challenge for the general public health. The global population, especially in the developed countries, is aging. Aging is associated with a decrease of physio-logical functions leading to frailty. Frailty is ...

May 20th, 2022 - Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) has gained a wide popularity in the management of renal stones due to tremendous technological advancements over the last years. According to the current guidelines, RIRS could be offered as a first line surgic...

Jun 13th, 2022 - THE CASE A 78-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, osteoarthritis, and osteopenia was brought to the emergency department (ED) by her daughter. The woman had fallen 2 days earlier and had been experiencing a.

Jun 7th, 2022 - If you have bacteria in your urine but don't have symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI), such as burning or frequent urination, you probably don't need antibiotics. So why did you get that prescription? The Infectious Diseases Society of Ame...

Feb 4th, 2022 - Automated urine cultures (UCs) following urinalysis (UA) are often used in emergency departments (EDs) to identify urinary tract infections (UTIs). The fast-paced environment of the ED makes this method of proactive collection and facilitation of.

Jan 13th, 2022 - CASE Pregnant woman with dysuria and suprapubic pain A 25-year-old primigravid woman at 18 weeks of gestation requests evaluation because of the acute onset of frequent urination, dysuria, urination hesitancy, and suprapubic pain on the morning fo.

May 14th, 2021 - "Antibiotic stewardship is never easy, and sometimes it is very difficult to differentiate what is going on with a patient in the clinical setting," said Valerie M. Vaughn, MD, of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, at SHM Converge, the annual...