Tag: Urinary Tract Infection
GPIU 2020 study dates extended
The patient enrolment deadline of the Global Prevalence Study of Infections in Urology (GPIU) is extended to 31 January 2021. Qualified urologists and urology departments collaborating with microbiologists and infectious disease specialists are encouraged to join. A department can...
Antibiotic stewardship: A crucial task to counter multidrug-resistant bacteria
For decades, antibiotics have been our primary weapon to treat bacterial infections. Today, we face one of the biggest challenges of our times: we are having difficulties curing infections caused by bacteria, which were once susceptible to the action...
Discovery Award for Israeli bio-chip testing technology
An Israeli testing technology that rapidly identifies bacterial infection in hours instead of days has won the Discovery Award, a financing grant from the United Kingdom that will enable the team to further test and expand the use of...
EAU TV: Urinary Tract Infection – The challenges and solutions
EAU TV spoke to some of the experts on UTI – Prof Dr Bjerklund Johansen and Dr Tandogdu – to find out how pervasive it is, some of the challenges with antibiotic resistance, and how hospitals can best meet...
Join us at the 1st ESUN Course on Urinary Tract Infection
Are you looking for an update in the field of urinary tract infection? Do you appreciate hands-on and applicable recommendations from Europe’s top experts? Are you an experienced practising nurse specialist who treats patients with urinary tract infections and...
New study on UTIs suggests flagellin is key in stimulating body’s natural defences
A new study by British scientists reveals that motile Escherichia coli isolates demonstrated significant activation of NF-kB signaling suggesting that flagellin plays a key role in up-regulating the host innate defences against urinary tract infections (UTIs). UTIs are commonly...
ESIU alert: pan-resistant bacteria in urinary tract infections
Recently the emergence of pan-resistant bacterial pathogens was published in The Lancet Infectious Disease, online August 11, 2010. In this study 107 enterobacteria isolates from UK, India and Pakistan harbouring a broad spectrum metallo-β- lactamase 1 (called New Delhi...