Microbiology and Drug Resistance of Pathogens in Patients Hospitalized at the Nephrology Department in the South of Poland.

A retrospective study was conducted among 498 patients with urinary tract infections (UTI) referred to our department from January 2013 to December 2015. This study was performed to evaluate the etiology of UTI and the antibiotic susceptibility profile of Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) as the main etiological factor in different age groups.

[Community-acquired urinary tract infections in the internal and nephrology ward: etiology and selected risk factors].

Background: Community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most common types of infections. In some cases they become a cause of hospitalization and various, sometimes serious complications.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze community-acquired UTI in patients hospitalized in the internal nephrology ward, taking into account causative pathogens, gender, age as well as selected risk factors.

[Urinary tract infections in adults].

Review of urinary tract infections in adults including etiology, pathogenesis, classification and the most important therapeutic recommendations. Urinary tract infections are still a common clinical problem occurring more often in sexually active women, pregnancy, elderly , after catherization of a urinary bladder and urological surgery as well as in the co-existence of diabetes or nephrolithiasis. Due to the anatomical differences, women suffer more often than men.