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Bampala S, Kollios K, Antachopoulos C, Tratselas A, Roilides E. Renal abscess due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: report of two cases. Minerva Pediatr 2013; 65:349-352. [PMID: 23685385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We report two cases of renal abscess due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in previously healthy children. The first patient was a nine-year old girl with a three-week history of intermittent fever and the second was a three-year old boy with a four-day history of fever. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from the urine cultures of both children. In both cases ultrasound and CT/MRI scans revealed the formation of a renal abscess. The patients were successfully treated with administration of antipseudomonal drugs for seven and five weeks, respectively. In both children no surgical intervention was required and the follow-up revealed no impact on the overall renal function or arterial pressure.
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- S Bampala
- Third Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Goldman M, Rosenfeld-Yehoshua N, Lazarovitch T, Aladjem M, Grisaru-Soen G. [Nitrite test in Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infections]. Harefuah 2007; 146:578-80, 648. [PMID: 17853549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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UNLABELLED Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is considered to be bacteria with a low capability to produce nitrite. OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence of a positive urine nitrite test in community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTI) in children, caused by PA. METHODS The medical records of 38 children (18 females) admitted for febrile PA UTI during a period of 7 years were reviewed. Urine nitrite tests were carried out using dipstrips, and results were reported as positive or negative. RESULTS Of the 38 patients, 17 had a positive nitrite test and 21 had a negative test (proportion of positive 0.45, 95% confidence interval 0.29 to 0.61). Pyuria was detected in 13/17 patients with a positive nitrate test vs. 5/21 with a negative test (p=0.003). Data regarding renal ultrasound (US) were available for 35 patients, and in 20 abnormalities were detected, 14/17 in the positive vs. 6/18 in negative nitrite group (p = 0.001). CONCLUSION The urine nitrite test may be positive in PA UTI, therefore, a positive test does not rule out Pseudomonas UTI.
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- Michael Goldman
- Department of Pediatrics, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
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Raveh D, Rosenzweig I, Rudensky B, Wiener-Well Y, Yinnon AM. Risk factors for bacteriuria due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Enterococcus spp in patients hospitalized via the emergency department. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2006; 25:331-4. [PMID: 16786380 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0140-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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To determine the incidence and risk factors related to isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Enterococcus spp from urine cultures obtained from patients in the emergency department (ED), a 1-year prospective study was conducted of all urine specimens collected in the ED of a general hospital. Specimens from which one of these organisms was isolated at a concentration of >or=10(5) cfu/ml were included. Of 744 positive urine cultures, 39 (5%) were P. aeruginosa and 28 (4%) Enterococcus spp. Comparison with a control cohort of 80 patients with Escherichia coli bacteriuria revealed several univariate indicators for P. aeruginosa bacteriuria, including male sex, indwelling catheter, past prostatectomy, hospitalization in the previous 2 months and pregnancy; multivariate indicators were indwelling catheter (p<0.001) and male sex (p<0.001). Enterococcus and P. aeruginosa were significantly more often associated with asymptomatic bacteriuria. These data will help clinicians select appropriate antibiotic treatment for patients with urinary tract infections.
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- D Raveh
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, P.O. Box 3235, Jerusalem, 91031, Israel
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Khaĭkina EV, Reshed'ko GK, Krechikova OI. [Characteristic features of etiology and antibiotic susceptibility of urinary tract infection pathogens in patients with diabetes mellitus]. Antibiot Khimioter 2006; 51:13-8. [PMID: 17165256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Patients with diabetes mellitus and urinary tract infection were examined. The structure of the pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility were investigated. Escherichia coli was shown to be the main pathogen of urinary tract infections in the patients with diabetes mellitus. The highest activity against the E. coli isolates was revealed in amoxycillin/clavulanate (92% of the susceptible strains), the 3rd and 4th generation cephalosporins, carbapenems, amikacin (100%) and fluoroquinolones (96%). At the same time the isolates were resistant to aminopenicillins and co-trimoxazole (29.3 and 16% respectively).
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Takahashi S, Ebisu H, Hirose T, Sano M, Nishimura M, Hirai K, Tsukamoto T, Hosaka M. Bactericidal activity of gatifloxacin (AM-1155) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis in an in vitro bladder model simulating human urinary concentrations after oral administration. Chemotherapy 2000; 46:122-8. [PMID: 10671763 DOI: 10.1159/000007266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The bactericidal activity of gatifloxacin, a new 6-fluoro-8-methoxy quinolone, was determined in a dynamic in vitro model mimicking complicated lower urinary tract infection. Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis with different susceptibility were exposed to changing gatifloxacin concentrations, simulating human urinary concentrations afer oral treatment with 200 mg twice daily for 3 consecutive days. Bacterial numbers of P. aeruginosa (minimal inhibitory concentrations, MIC: < or =32 microg/ml) and of E. faecalis (MIC: 16 microg/ml) were reduced to undetectable levels during exposure. For the strains with lower susceptibility, gatifloxacin showed bactericidal activity, but eradication was not complete. Thus, in a complicated urinary tract infection model, breakpoint MICs of gatifloxacin for uropathogenic organisms were presumed to range from 16 to 32 microg/ml. At least 86% of recent clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa and E. faecalis were inhibited at its breakpoint MIC. These results suggest that gatifloxacin may be useful in the treatment of urinary tract infections.
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- S Takahashi
- Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Olszyna DP, Prins JM, Buis B, van Deventer SJ, Speelman P, van der Poll T. Levels of inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 1beta in urine and sera of patients with urosepsis. Infect Immun 1998; 66:3527-34. [PMID: 9673230 PMCID: PMC108383 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3527-3534.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The antiinflammatory cytokine response during urosepsis was determined by measurement of concentrations of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor (sTNFR) types I and II, interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra), soluble IL-1 receptor type II (sIL-1RII), and interleukin 10 in sera and urine of 30 patients with culture-proven urinary tract infections before and 4, 24, 48, and 72 h after initiation of antibiotic therapy and in 20 healthy individuals. In serum, the levels of sTNFR types I and II, IL-1ra, and IL-10 were higher in patients than in controls. In urine, only sTNFR type I and II levels were elevated in patients. The ratios of concentrations of both types of sTNFR in urine to concentrations in serum were higher in patients than in controls. These findings indicate that during urosepsis, the antiinflammatory cytokine response is generated predominantly at the systemic level.
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- D P Olszyna
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Truniger B. [Blue diapers II]. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1998; 128:427. [PMID: 9561589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- B Truniger
- Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital Luzern
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The clinical aspects of peritonitis and catheter infections were reviewed in 64 children on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis living in Saudi Arabia over a period of 6 years. Peritonitis occurred in 41 children (64%). The mean time from starting dialysis to the first episode of peritonitis was 7.2 months. The incidence of peritonitis was 1 episode in 9 treatment months. Gram-negative organisms were responsible for the majority of episodes (42%), followed by Gram-positive organisms (20%), and Candida albicans (6%); 32% were culture negative. Recurrent peritonitis was present in 20 cases. Catheter was replaced in 24 patients: 44% due to recurrent peritonitis. Peritoneal membrane loss occurred in 7 patients, 3 had Candida peritonitis and 3 had recurrent peritonitis due to Pseudomonas. The mortality rate was 4.6% but none of the deaths were related to peritonitis or dialysis.
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- K Mirza
- Department of Pediatrics, Riyadh Medical Complex, Saudi Arabia
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Shokeir AA, Ghoneim MA. Further experience with the modified ileal ureter. J Urol 1995; 154:45-8. [PMID: 7776454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A total of 50 patients for whom an ileal ureter was indicated was prospectively randomized between 2 treatment groups according to the surgical technique used. In group 1 the standard ileal ureter procedure was performed, while in group 2 a tailored and valved (modified) ileal ureter was fashioned. Of the patients 19 in group 1 and 23 in group 2 were available for followup of 69 +/- 5.8 months (range 60 to 80). Among the 23 patients in group 2, 5 (22%) experienced reflux due to dessusception of the nipple valve and 4 (17%) had bladder stones. Metabolic acidosis was observed in 9 patients in group 1 (47%) and 4 in group 2 (17%). Urinary outflow obstruction occurred in 5 patients in group 1 and 1 in group 2. Although renal function was comparable among patients in both treatment groups, comparison between patients in group 1 and those without reflux in group 2 showed better renal function in the latter group. We conclude that reflux prevention is of central importance in preservation of renal function in patients with an ileal ureter. A distal nipple valve at the ileovesical anastomosis is associated with significant problems. These observations would urge urologists to search for a more suitable procedure that provides an efficient antireflux principle with minimal adverse sequelae.
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- A A Shokeir
- Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Egypt
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Srifuengfung S, Thanagrumetha W. Epidemiological study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical specimens. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1993; 24:444-8. [PMID: 8160050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection was studied in Siriraj Hospital. During April 1989-June 1990, P. aeruginosa 436 strains were isolated from clinical specimens of 260 patients, ie blood (19 strains), pus (192 strains), sputum (159 strains) and urine (66 strains). By using a combination of serogroups and pyocin types as epidemiological markers, it was found that there were 10 serogroups and 8 pyocin types which can be differentiated into 33 serogroup/pyocin types or patterns. The most common pattern was E 211111 (26.3%) followed by B 121614 (24.5%), G 373112 (13%) and L 888888 (7.1%), respectively.
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- S Srifuengfung
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Prostatitis remains a challenging condition. The clinical features are often nonspecific while the aetiology and pathogenesis can be diverse and includes inflammatory, obstructive, and/or chemical causes and may also be related to calculi. Four categories are recognized: acute bacterial prostatitis, chronic bacterial prostatitis, non-bacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia. The diagnosis of prostatitis was advanced substantially by the introduction of sequential sampling of urine aliquots following prostatic massage. Bacterial prostatitis is largely associated with the Enterobacteriaceae although Pseudomonas spp., enterococci and Staphylococcus aureus may also be isolated. In chronic bacterial prostatitis a variety of streptococci and anaerobic bacteria may be isolated. Treatment is difficult largely owing to the limited range of agents able to achieve therapeutic concentrations within prostatic fluid, which has a pH lower than that of plasma. Trimethroprim, co-trimoxazole and the tetracyclines have been widely used. The quinolones have recently been shown to diffuse readily into the prostate; ofloxacin and temafloxacin have produced the highest concentrations in prostatic fluid. Antibiotic treatment requires prolonged high dosage and careful monitoring to ensure that bacterial eradication has occurred. Other forms of management have included the judicious use of anti-inflammatory agents and analgesics. In some patients zinc sulphate has proved to be of symptomatic benefit.
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- D A Leigh
- Department of Microbiology, Wycombe General Hospital, Bucks, UK
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Shalit I, Haas H, Berger SA. Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to fluoroquinolones following four years of use in a tertiary care hospital. J Antimicrob Chemother 1992; 30:149-52. [PMID: 1399924 DOI: 10.1093/jac/30.2.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Of 121 recent clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 22% were resistant to ciprofloxacin, 50% to ofloxacin and 69% to pefloxacin. Resistance to these drugs was commonest among urinary isolates (P less than 0.03). Cross-resistance was noted between fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides or beta-lactams.
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- I Shalit
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Israel
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Davis CP, Cohen MS, Hackett RL, Anderson MD, Warren MM. Urothelial hyperplasia and neoplasia. III. Detection of nitrosamine production with different bacterial genera in chronic urinary tract infections of rats. J Urol 1991; 145:875-80. [PMID: 2005721 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38481-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Various agents have been implicated in inducing urothelial cancer. Although drugs, occupational and environmental carcinogens are more widely accepted as playing a major role as urothelial carcinogens, several investigations suggest that bacteria may play a role. The mechanism of how bacteria may interact with the host to augment the development of urothelial carcinoma is not well understood. Clinically, investigators have linked the development of infection, urinary stones and indwelling catheters with urothelial cancer. Other investigators have suggested that the mechanism may be related to the production of carcinogenic compounds (nitrosamines) which can be detected during urinary tract infection. In our laboratory, we showed that rats with chronic urinary tract infections produced increasing urinary levels of N,N dimethylnitrosamine over a 24 week period and that the production correlated with hyperplasia and early neoplasia of the bladder epithelium. Three bacterial genera were used and two of these (Escherichia coli and a protein sp.) showed production of increasing levels of urinary nitrosamine and correlated with infection. The purpose of this current study is to determine if other bacterial genera and strains can also produce similar increasing nitrosamine levels in the rat model of chronic urinary tract infection and thus provide evidence that a number of bacterial genera and strains can produce nitrosamines in vivo. Also, the histology of the chronically infected bladder was examined for hyperplasia and neoplasia.
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- C P Davis
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77551
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Kamoun A, Ben Hassen E, Ben Redjeb S. [Pyocyanea infections and sensitivity to antibiotics]. Tunis Med 1990; 68:275-9. [PMID: 2112795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Ammitzbøll T, Pedersen SS, Espersen F, Schiøler H. Excretion of urinary collagen metabolites correlates to severity of pulmonary disease in cystic fibrosis. Acta Paediatr Scand 1988; 77:842-6. [PMID: 3144825 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb10766.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The urinary excretion of collagen metabolites (hydroxylysine, hydroxyproline and proline) was significantly increased in 10 patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic broncho-pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection as compared with 14 age matched controls. The increase was significantly correlated to impaired pulmonary function (FVC and FEV1). The results indicate that urinary collagen metabolites reflect degradation of lung connective tissue and may be an indicator of the severity of pulmonary disease in cystic fibrosis. Parts of the excreted hydroxyproline may be degradation products of elastin.
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- T Ammitzbøll
- Department of Dermatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Rowen RC, Mullenix TA, Arroyo JC, Voris JC. Development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance to norfloxacin during therapy. Drug Intell Clin Pharm 1988; 22:773-6. [PMID: 3147888 DOI: 10.1177/106002808802201006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Two elderly patients diagnosed with Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infections were treated with oral norfloxacin in the recommended dose of 400 mg q12h. Initially, antimicrobial susceptibility data indicated the organisms were sensitive to norfloxacin. Six to eight days into therapy urine cultures became positive for P. aeruginosa once again; this time, however, susceptibility reports indicated the organisms were now resistant to norfloxacin. Since cross-resistance among norfloxacin, other quinolones, and cephalosporins can occur, we recommend repeated urine cultures during and after norfloxacin therapy in elderly patients with complicated P. aeruginosa urinary tract infections.
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- R C Rowen
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of South Carolina, College of Pharmacy, Columbia 29208
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Steinkamp G, Lütge M, Wurster U, Schulz-Baldes JG, Gröne HJ, Ehrich JH. Renal function in cystic fibrosis: proteinuria and enzymuria before and after tobramycin therapy. Eur J Pediatr 1986; 145:526-31. [PMID: 2880721 DOI: 10.1007/bf02429057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Proteinuria and enzymuria were measured in 27 patients with Cystic Fibrosis before and after tobramycin therapy. Prior to treatment, kidney function was normal in 23 patients. Four patients showed a pathological proteinuria and two haematuria. Renal biopsy in one patient showed segmental basement membrane alterations on electron microscopy; there were no immunoglobulin deposits. During intravenous therapy with tobramycin (10 mg/kg per day) and azlocillin (100 mg/kg per day) mean urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) excretion rose six-fold and mean urinary alaninaminopeptidase excretion increased ten-fold. After cessation of therapy, enzymuria rapidly returned to pretreatment values in all 14 patients. Aerosol tobramycin therapy in four patients did not affect urinary excretion of NAG. It can be concluded that tobramycin did not cause persistent renal damage in our patients, whether given intravenously or as an aerosol.
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Saavedra S, Ramírez-Ronda CH, Nevárez M. Ciprofloxacin in the treatment of urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and multiresistant bacteria. Eur J Clin Microbiol 1986; 5:255-7. [PMID: 2941296 DOI: 10.1007/bf02014004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Sixteen patients with pneumaturia as their only urologic complaint were evaluated during a 38-year period. In three patients, a vesico-enteric fistula was documented. Five patients had an otherwise asymptomatic urinary tract infection. In eight patients, no pathologic process could be identified. These eight patients were women and had a benign course on follow-up. Urine culture gave positive results in all cases with a documented pathologic condition but gave negative results in all cases in which no explanation for pneumaturia could be found. Because of the difficulty in diagnosing a vesico-enteric fistula, all patients with isolated pneumaturia should have a thorough medical and urologic evaluation.
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Two elderly type A patients were found to have acquired B antigen, one secondary to Escherichia coli and the other to Pseudomonas septicemia. One received a transfusion of type A red blood cells without any apparent sequelae. The mechanism and diagnosis of the acquired B antigen are discussed.
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Beta 2-- microglobulin excretion in 24 h urine collections and beta2- microglobulin clearance were significantly increased in patients with upper-urinary-tract infections, but beta 2- microglobulin clearance and excretion were normal in patients with cystitis. Beta 2-microglobulin estimation may be used to distinguish between upper and lower urinary-tract infections, except when pre-existing tubular damage is present. Voided urine must have a pH above 6 . 0, since beta 2- microglobulin is rapidly degraded in the bladder at low pH.
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Thomas VL, Forland M, LeStourgeon D, Shelokov A. Antibody-coated bacteria in persistent and recurrent urinary tract infections. Kidney Int 1978; 14:607-13. [PMID: 372670 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1978.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Stan RJ, Lim EW, Sakazaki R. Unusual cause of urinary tract infection by Pseudomonas stutzeri in Singapore. Jpn J Exp Med 1977; 47:311-3. [PMID: 926404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Daschner F. [Evaluation of diagnostic parameters in chronic recurrent urinary tract infection in children. III. Pyuria, hematuria, and proteinuria (author's transl)]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 1976; 101:1350-3. [PMID: 782812 DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1104271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Pyuria, proteinuria and haematuria have been shown to be unreliable parameters for the diagnosis of bacteriuria in 171 children with 455 recurrences of chronic urinary tract infection. Bacteriuria caused haematuria in 5%, proteinuria in 18% and even pyuria in only 47% of all instances. Pyuria has been also found in 11% of sterile urines. The incidence of pyuria increases with the age of the children and depends on the type of the organisms, but the latter was true mainly in children with obstructive lesions of the urinary tract. Children with repeated proteinuria during follow-up tend to have a higher incidence of pathologic findings on the i.v.-pyelogram.
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Lane JC. [Verdoglobinuria: the green urine syndrome]. Rev Paul Med 1975; 85:120-2. [PMID: 1052374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Garibaldi RA, Allman GW, Larsen DH, Smith CB, Burke JP. Detection of endotoxemia by the limulus test in patients with indwelling urinary catheters. J Infect Dis 1973; 128:551-4. [PMID: 4582737 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/128.4.551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Bruppacher R, Domingue G. Experiences with a screening test for bacteriuria. Am J Clin Pathol 1973; 59:203-10. [PMID: 4687622 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/59.2.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Wichmann G, Assmus P. [Bacteriuria from the bacteriologist's viewpoint]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 1968; 93:1947-54. [PMID: 4878235 DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1110857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Hermanek P, Haschek H, Bibus B, Porpaczy P, Zischka-Konorsa W. [Phagocytosis in urine sediment and chemotherapy]. Wien Med Wochenschr 1967; 117:1070-3. [PMID: 5595847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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