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

Background: Urinary 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.

Methods: We 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.

Primary teeth microhardness and lead (Pb) levels.

Objectives: Lead (Pb) exposure is associated with dental caries. Whether Pb affects tooth microhardness, is unclear. Our objective was to assess whether Pb concentration is associated with microhardness.

Association of Escherichia coli ST131 lineage with risk of urinary tract infection recurrence among young women.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by Escherichia coli of the sequence type 131 (ST131) lineage are more likely to recur than UTIs caused by other E. coli lineages.

Methods: Isolates from 221 young women with UTI caused by E.

Cranberry juice capsules and urinary tract infection after surgery: results of a randomized trial.

Objective: The risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) among women undergoing elective gynecological surgery during which a catheter is placed is high: 10-64% following catheter removal. We conducted the first randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the therapeutic efficacy of cranberry juice capsules in preventing UTI after surgery.

Study Design: We recruited patients from a single hospital between August 2011 and January 2013.