Faculty Opinions recommendation of Short-term therapy for urinary tract infection: success and failure.

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Hyun Cho
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Term Therapy ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Therapy

Evaluation of Short-Term Antibiotic Therapy in Children with Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 796-801
Author(s):  
George H. McCracken ◽  
Charles M. Ginsburg ◽  
V. Namasonthi ◽  
Mary Petruska
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Antibiotic Therapy ◽  
Term Therapy ◽  
Recurrent Infections ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Lower Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Tract Infections

This study was designed to determine whether serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations could be used to identify children with uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection who would respond favorably to short-term antibiotic therapy. A one-day or ten-day regimen of cefadroxil (30 mg/kg/day in two divided doses) was assigned randomly to 80 children who had acute urinary tract infection and CRP concentrations <28 µg/ml (CRP-negative group). Ten days of cefadroxil therapy was used to treat 44 children with urinary tract infection and CRP values ≥28 µg/ml (CRP-positive group). The clinical and laboratory characteristics of the children in the two CRP-negative therapy groups were similar to, but different from those of children with CRP-positive infections. Recurrent infections occurred significantly more often at four to five days after completion of therapy in CRP-negative children who received one day (44.4%) compared to ten days (20%) of cefadroxil therapy (P < .05). When data from this study were combined with those from our previously published investigation of short-term antibiotic therapy in CRP-negative children, a significantly larger percentage of recurrences was documented immediately after one or four days of antibiotics (79%) compared to recurrences after the standard ten-day regimen (4l%). Additionally, the total rate of recurrent infections for all children in both studies was significantly larger in those who received short-term therapy (48%) as opposed to conventional therapy (34%). These data indicate that short-term antibiotic therapy is less effective than the conventional ten-day regimen in children with CRP-negative urinary tract infection.

scholarly journals A randomized controlled trial comparing short-term versus long-term catheterization after vaginal prolapse surgery

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nupur Thakur ◽  
Geeta Gurung ◽  
Ashma Rana
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Retention ◽  
Vaginal Hysterectomy ◽  
Residual Volume ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Group 1

Aim: To determine whether short term bladder catheterisation for 24 hrs after vaginal hysterectomy for prolapse would be more advantageous to routinely practiced 3 days catheterisation. Method: Randomized comparative study was done as thesis topic in Gynaecological Ward of TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu from 30th October 2004 to 2nd November 2005. A total of 100 women were included in this study. Prior to surgery at OT table, and before giving prophylactic antibiotics urine samples were collected from metal catheter for routine analysis. They were randomized into two groups. In groups 1 (n=50) transurethral catheter was removed after 24 hrs of surgery. In group 2 (n=50) catheter was removed on 3rd post operative day. Urine culture was taken before removal of the catheter. Residual volume of urine after the first voiding was measured by transabdominal ultrasound. Recatheterisation for three more days was considered whenever residual volume exceeded 200ml. Result: Recatheterisation was not needed in either groups for residual volume >200ml. Regarding recatheterisation 4 needed them after 2-3 hrs of first voiding. Among these 4 women, cause of urinary retention was accountable for pelvic haematoma leading to pelvic abscess in one case, which belonged to group 1 where as urinary tract infection was responsible for urinary retention in group 2. There were no explainable causes in two cases. But urinary tract infection was seen in two cases in group 1 and 11 cases in group 2 (P value 0.017). Conclusion: This study has shown that short term catheterisation is more beneficial in terms of lower incidence of urinary tract infection (2 Vs 11) and related febrile morbidity as compared to long term catheterisation. Key words: Uterovaginal prolapse, pelvic floor repair with vaginal hysterectomy, catheterisation.   doi:10.3126/njog.v2i1.1473 N. J. Obstet. Gynaecol Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 29 - 34 May -June 2007

scholarly journals Profiles of the bacterial community in short-term indwelling urinary catheters by duration of catheterization and subsequent urinary tract infection

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-183
Author(s):  
Jyothi Manohar ◽  
Savannah Hatt ◽  
Brigette B. DeMarzo ◽  
Freida Blostein ◽  
Anna E.W. Cronenwett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Urinary Catheters ◽  
Short Term
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