ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2020
Profiles of the bacterial community in short-term indwelling urinary catheters by duration of catheterization and subsequent urinary tract infection.
Article in American journal of infection control, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- The unique Efg1 fungal virulence regulon in the catheterized bladder environment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- The Unique Efg1 Fungal Virulence Regulon in the Catheterized Bladder Environment.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Role of Clot Formation and Plasminogen Activation in Lower Urinary Tract Pathologies.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2025Review
- Fibrinolytic-deficiencies predispose hosts to septicemia from a catheter-associated UTI.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Changes of microbiota level in urinary tract infections: A meta-analysis.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundUrinary catheterization, even of short duration, increases the risk of subsequent urinary tract infection (UTI). Whether the bacteria found on the surface of catheters placed for <3 days are associated with UTI risk is unknown.
methodsWe screened the biofilms found on the extraluminal surface of 127 catheters placed for <3 days in women undergoing elective gynecologic surgery, using targeted quantitative polymerase chain reaction and an untargeted 16S rRNA taxonomic screen.
resultsUsing quantitative polymerase chain reaction, Enterococcus spp were found on virtually all catheters and lactic acid bacteria in most catheters regardless of duration, but neither genus was associated with UTI development during follow-up. Enterococcus, Streptococcus, and Staphylococcus were the most commonly identified genera in the taxonomic screen but were not associated with subsequent UTIs. Although the most common cause of UTI following catheter removal was Escherichia coli, detectable E coli on the catheter surface was not associated with subsequent UTIs.
conclusionsOur analysis does not suggest that the presence of bacteria on the surface of catheters placed for <3 days leads to subsequent UTIs. Other aspects of catheter care are likely more important than preventing bacterial colonization of the catheter surface for preventing UTIs following short-term catheter placement.
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