sodium-ethylxanthate and Urinary-Tract-Infections

Topics: Administration, Intravaginal; Adult; Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary; Contraceptive Agents; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Recurrence; Sex; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Adult; Contraceptive Devices, Female; Cystitis; Escherichia coli; Female; Humans; Pyelonephritis; Sex; Urinary Tract Infections; Vaginitis

Urinary infections in adult women are extremely common. Yet, dysuria, often a symptom of these infections, can be caused by a number of genitourinary pathogens. Symptomatic urinary infections caused primarily by Escherichia coli or Staphylococcus saprophyticus are best confirmed by demonstrating the presence of 10(2) or more organisms per ml of midstream urine in quantitative cultures. Other causes of dysuria such as vaginitis and urethritis due to venereal disease should be suspected in patients with additional signs and symptoms characteristic of these infections and in young, sexually active females. Effective treatment of urinary infections is achieved with a number of antibiotics; the length of therapy is determined by the location of infection in the urinary tract. Although equal in efficacy to conventional therapy for uncomplicated lower tract infections, single-dose therapy of dysuric women should be limited to patients for whom adequate follow-up can be insured.

Topics: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Diagnosis, Differential; Emergencies; Female; Humans; Sex; Urinary Tract Infections; Vaginitis

Topics: Cardiovascular Diseases; Disease; Endocrine System Diseases; Female; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis; Male; Nervous System Diseases; Sex; Sexual Behavior; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Urinary Tract Infections; Urologic Diseases

All traumatic SCI patients in Iceland come to the Neurosurgical Department of Borgarspítalinn, the City Hospital in Reykjavík for their initial treatment. From 1973-1989, 79 (93%) were rehabilitated at Borgarspítalinn. The purpose of this study was to look at the most common complications and the social functions of SCI patients after discharge from the Rehabilitation Department. A questionnaire was sent to 59 of the 79 patients. They represent almost the whole population of the spinal cord injured population in Iceland. Forty-five patients (76.3%) answered the questionnaire, 69% male, 31% female. Sixty-seven percent were under the age of 30 years at the time of injury. Twenty-nine percent had a complete spinal cord injury; 53.3% were wheelchairbound (Frankel grade A, B, C); 55.6% were quadriplegic, and 44.4% paraplegic. The commonest complications were pain (64.4%), urinary tract infections (62.2%) and spasticity (60%); and 58% of the wheelchairbound patients had had pressure sores. Fifty-five point five percent were married; 71% had an active sexual life after the injury; 54% of the wheelchairbound patients were not quite independent and required some assistance with activities of daily living (ADL) tasks; and 29% were not working or studying compared to 11%, who were, before the injury. No significant changes were seen in social function after the injury. The results show that more emphasis must be placed on the prevention of complications such as urinary tract infections and pressure sores and on the treatment of chronic pain and spasticity.

Topics: Accidental Falls; Accidents, Traffic; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Education; Employment; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Housing; Humans; Iceland; Male; Marriage; Middle Aged; Muscle Spasticity; Pressure Ulcer; Self Care; Sex; Spinal Cord Injuries; Urinary Bladder Diseases; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Meningomyelocele; Patient Education as Topic; Sex; Urinary Incontinence; Urinary Tract; Urinary Tract Infections; Urologic Diseases

In the present case-control study of college-aged women, we examined the associations of sexual intercourse and diaphragm use with primary and secondary urinary tract infection (UTI), and measured the treatment and functional costs of primary, secondary, and recurrent UTI. All of the cases but only half of the controls had engaged in sexual intercourse during the past four weeks. When compared to using oral contraceptives, diaphragm use was associated with both first attack UTI (when compared with controls) and second attack UTI (when compared to women with primary UTI) even after controlling for frequency of sexual intercourse (Primary UTI: RRMH = 3.5; 95% CI: 0.9, 13.0; Secondary UTI: RRMH = 2.2; 95% CI: 0.3, 15.4). Women with all types of UTI reported 6.1 symptom days, 2.4 restricted-activity days, 1.6 office visits and laboratory tests, and spent $62 for treatment of UTI, based on prices of a subsidized student health service.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; California; Contraceptives, Oral; Costs and Cost Analysis; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Humans; Intrauterine Devices; Recurrence; Sex; Student Health Services; Surveys and Questionnaires; Universities; Urinary Tract Infections

Although several health habits and behaviors are commonly cited in medical and nursing textbooks as potential causes of urinary tract infection (UTI) in women, few have been studied in a systematic fashion. In a case-control study, we evaluated the associations between UTI and the most commonly mentioned risk factors: urination habits, diet, clothing, and soaps. Because sexual intercourse and diaphragm use increase the risk of UTI, we assessed the effect of health habits and behaviors controlling for these two risk factors. Women with initial UTI were compared with controls with no UTI history; women with a second UTI were compared to those with initial UTI. For the 25 initial cases, 19 secondary cases, and 181 controls enrolled in the study from a university health service, we found using tampons and drinking soft drinks to be moderately associated (RR greater than or equal to 1.4) with both initial and recurrent UTI. Although several other individual habits had only small associations with UTI, several of these behaviors together might substantially increase risk of initial or recurring UTI.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; California; Clothing; Diet; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Humans; Intrauterine Devices; Sex; Soaps; Spermatocidal Agents; Student Health Services; Tampons, Surgical; Universities; Urinary Tract Infections; Urination

Topics: Adult; Counseling; Female; Humans; Labor, Obstetric; Male; Middle Aged; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Prenatal Care; Sex; Spinal Cord Injuries; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Coitus; Female; Genitalia, Male; Humans; Male; Sex; Spinal Cord Injuries; Urinary Bladder; Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic; Urinary Catheterization; Urinary Diversion; Urinary Tract Infections; Urination; Urination Disorders; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux

Topics: Castration; Child Rearing; Escherichia coli Infections; Humans; Infant; Male; Penis; Pseudomonas Infections; Scrotum; Sex; Urinary Diversion; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Child; Cystitis; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Sex; Ureter; Urethral Diseases; Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction; Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic; Urinary Tract Infections; Urography; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux

Topics: Adult; Aged; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Middle Aged; Pre-Eclampsia; Pregnancy; Pyelonephritis; Sex; Urinary Tract Infections; Urography; Vascular Diseases

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aging; Bronchopneumonia; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Muscular Diseases; Neoplasms; Parkinson Disease; Sex; Tremor; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aging; Bacteriuria; Black or African American; Child; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Pyelonephritis; Sampling Studies; Sex; Urinary Tract Infections; Virginia; White People

Topics: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; England; Female; Hematuria; Humans; Infant; Kidney; Male; Sex; Ureter; Urinary Tract Infections; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aging; Cystoscopy; Escherichia coli Infections; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Parity; Pregnancy; Prospective Studies; Proteus Infections; Pseudomonas Infections; Retrospective Studies; Scotland; Sex; Staphylococcal Infections; Streptococcal Infections; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Urinary Catheterization; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Bacteriological Techniques; Humans; Sex; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Bacteriological Techniques; Diagnosis, Differential; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli Infections; Female; General Practice; Humans; Male; New Zealand; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; Proteus; Sex; Staphylococcus; Statistics as Topic; Streptococcus; Sulfisoxazole; Urethra; Urinary Tract Infections; Urologic Diseases

Topics: Aging; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Drug Therapy; Epidemiology; Female; Geriatrics; Hemoglobinometry; Humans; Hypertension; Japan; Pyelonephritis; Radiation Injuries; Sex; Statistics as Topic; Urinary Tract Infections; Urine

Topics: Aging; Blood Pressure; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Electrocardiography; Epidemiology; Geriatrics; Heart Diseases; Humans; Japan; Proteinuria; Pyelonephritis; Radiation Injuries; Sex; Specimen Handling; Statistics as Topic; Urinary Tract Infections; Urine

Topics: Aging; Humans; Hydronephrosis; Kidney Calculi; Retrospective Studies; Seasons; Sex; Statistics as Topic; Ureteral Calculi; Ureterolithiasis; Urinary Calculi; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Aging; Australia; Calcinosis; Diet; Emigration and Immigration; Endoscopy; Humans; Incidence; Metabolic Diseases; Occupations; Sex; Soil; Statistics as Topic; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Transients and Migrants; Urinary Calculi; Urinary Tract Infections; Urination Disorders; Water

Topics: Aging; Bacteria; Bacteriuria; California; Epidemiology; Geriatrics; Humans; Male; Prostatic Hyperplasia; Sex; Statistics as Topic; Urinary Calculi; Urinary Tract Infections; Urine

Topics: Blood Sedimentation; Cardiovascular Diseases; Collagen Diseases; Fever; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Geriatrics; Humans; Neoplasms; Respiratory Tract Infections; Sex; Statistics as Topic; Tuberculosis; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Aging; Angiotensins; Bacteremia; Bacteroides; Chloramphenicol; Colistin; Drug Therapy; Enterobacter aerogenes; Escherichia coli Infections; Humans; Iatrogenic Disease; Kanamycin; Metaraminol; Polymyxins; Postoperative Complications; Proteus; Pseudomonas Infections; Sepsis; Sex; Streptomycin; Sympatholytics; Tetracycline; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Aging; Bacteriological Techniques; Bacteriuria; Diabetes Mellitus; Humans; Outpatients; Sex; Urinary Tract Infections; Urine

Topics: Aging; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteriology; Diagnosis; Humans; Sex; Statistics as Topic; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Bacteriology; Biometry; Body Fluids; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Sex; Specimen Handling; Statistics as Topic; Urinary Catheterization; Urinary Tract Infections; Urine