Cranberry Effect on Urinary Tract Infections
Urinary Tract InfectionsThis is a retrospective chart review using Electronic Privacy Identification Center (EPIC) database to determine if the addition of cranberry juice capsules to our discharge medication regimen for patients discharged home with an indwelling urinary catheter following pelvic floor gynecology surgery reduced the incidence of UTI.
Women's Improvement of Sexual Health (WISH) Demonstration Project
Sexually Transmitted DiseaseBacterial Vaginosis2 moreThe current standard of care for urogenital infections in Rwanda is syndromic management. Many urogenital infections are asymptomatic and therefore completely missed, and the management of vaginal discharge syndrome is known to be suboptimal. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate whether it is feasible to improve urogenital infection care in high risk women in Kigali, Rwanda, using point of care (POC) diagnostic testing for HIV, Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), and bacterial vaginosis (BV) in all women; POC testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), and syphilis in pregnant women and women assessed to be at high risk for these infections using a risk scoring questionnaire; and management of vaginal candidiasis, urinary tract infection (UTI), genital ulcers/inguinal bubos, and lower abdominal pain in women reporting relevant symptoms. The secondary objectives of this study are 1) to evaluate the performance and 2) to obtain the opinions of Rwandan stakeholders.
Observational Follow-up Study of REGATTA
Urinary Tract InfectionsObservational follow-up study of patients included in the clinical trial REGATTA.
Cross-sectional Survey on Patients With Urinary Tract Infections in Puy-de-Dôme : Epidemiology of...
Urinary Tract InfectionsUrinary tract infections (UTI) are an important part of infectious diseases. For some patients, those infections are recurrent and have many consequences such as altered quality of life, recurrent symptoms, antibiotics overuse… The primary purpose of this study is to estimate the proportion of patients in Puy-de-Dôme with recurrent urinary tract infections among patients with at least one UTI during 2019. The secondary purposes are : characteristics of patients with recurrent UTI, by sex ; determine predictive factors of recurrent UTI, by sex ; describe bacterial ecology of recurrent UTI and the proportion of multi-resistant bacteria.
Implementation Study With Decision Support Based on Data
Urinary Tract InfectionsThis study evaluates the implementation of a machine learning based clinical decision support system for treatment of patients presenting with an urinary tract infection in general practice. The software was developed to support general practitioners in the choice of antibiotic regimen.
The Epidemiology, Management, and the Associated Burden of Related Conditions in Alopecia Areata...
Alopecia AreataDepressive Episode34 moreThis study series consists of four related studies and aims to explore and describe many important elements of alopecia areata over three key areas: (1) the current epidemiology of alopecia areata, (2) the prevalence and incidence of psychiatric co-morbidities in people with alopecia areata, (3) the prevalence and incidence of autoimmune and atopic conditions in people with alopecia areata, and (4) the incidence of common infections in people with alopecia areata.
Urinary Tract Infection Due to Beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Children
Urinary Tract InfectionsUrinary tract infection due to Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing enterobacteriaceae (E-ESBL UTI) become a frequent problem. A too large variety in the prescription of antibiotics for E-ESBL UTI in children and absolute recommendations regarding the optimal treatment of E-ESBL is nearly impossible at this time. Our aim was to describe the characteristics and treatments of urinary tract infections caused by Extended spectrum betalactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in children.
Novel Probiotic Treatment for Prevention of Recurrent UTIs in Children
Recurrent UTIsCatheter-Related InfectionsBackground: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common and costly cause of doctor visits for children. Frequent UTIs trigger kidney damage that leads to serious diseases like high blood pressure, pregnancy complications, and kidney failure. Treating UTIs with preventative antibiotics has not shown improvement of the risk of these diseases, and contributes to the growing public health issue of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Bacteria that cause UTIs originate from the bowel. In an effort to reduce the number of UTIs, investigators want to exchange the bacteria living in our bowels for a more harmless variety. Hypothesis and specific aims: Investigators hypothesize a probiotic comprised of a probiotic bacteria will change the bowel bacteria, thereby reducing the numbers of infection-causing bacteria, thus reducing frequency of UTIs in healthy patients with recurrent UTIs and those patients with urinary tract problems that require use of catheters to empty their bladders. Aim 1: Investigators plan to challenge infection-causing bacteria like Pseudomonas species, Enterococcus species, and Klebsiella species to live in the same environment with the probiotic bacteria to see how the numbers of each bacteria change. Aim 2: Investigators will culture bacteria that live on urinary catheters and then challenge them to live in the same environment as the probiotic bacteria. Potential Impact: This novel treatment prevents UTIs by exchanging a patient's bowel bacteria for a harmless bacteria and reduces the use of antibiotics overall in the community.
Validation of Vital Signs and Symptoms for the Diagnosis of Serious Infections in Children in the...
Community-Acquired InfectionsRespiratory Tract Infections4 moreValidation of Vital Signs and Symptoms for the Diagnosis of Serious Infections in Acutely Ill Children in a High Prevalent Setting: The Paediatric Accidents & Emergencies through prospective observational data collection concerning specific items from the clinical and technical examination in diagnosing serious infections, such as meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, bronchiolitis with hypoxia. Eventually we will attempt to validate a vital signs and symptoms rule derived from multiple low to high prevalent settings of acutely ill children.
Early or Late Foley Removal After Thoracotomy
Urinary Tract InfectionsIs the early removal of Foley catheter safe in patients undergoing general thoracic surgery with an epidural catheter in place?