New strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Quorum sensing in biofilms – How to destroy the bacterial citadels or their cohesion/power?

(2011) Veronica Lazar   ANAEROBE

Biofunctionalization of silicone polymers using poly(amidoamine) dendrimers and a mannose derivative for prolonged interference against pathogen colonization

(2011) Analette I. Lopez et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Adults: 2009 International Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2011) Thomas M. Hooton et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Estimating the Proportion of Healthcare-Associated Infections That Are Reasonably Preventable and the Related Mortality and Costs

(2011) Craig A. Umscheid et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Decreased Urethral Mucosal Damage and Delayed Bacterial Colonization During Short-Term Urethral Catheterization Using a Novel Trefoil Urethral Catheter Profile in Rabbits

(2011) Yinghao Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF UROLOGY

Nanoscale surface modification favors benign biofilm formation and impedes adherence by pathogens

(2011) Barbara W. Trautner et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Comparative Efficacy of Commercially Available and Emerging Antimicrobial Urinary Catheters Against Bacteriuria Caused by E. coli In Vitro

(2011) Gilly Regev-Shoshani et al.   UROLOGY

Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Bacterial Interference for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection in Patients With Neurogenic Bladder

(2011) Rabih O. Darouiche et al.   UROLOGY

Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: An executive summary of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc, Elimination Guide

(2010) Terri Rebmann et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

The use of lytic bacteriophages in the prevention and eradication of biofilms ofProteus mirabilisandEscherichia coli

(2010) Louise Carson et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009

(2010) Carolyn V. Gould et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Characterization of the developed antimicrobial urological catheters

(2010) Dorota Kowalczuk et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Expression of cAMP-dependent Protein Kinase Isoforms in the Human Prostate: Functional Significance and Relation to PDE4

(2010) Eginhard Waldkirch et al.   UROLOGY

Bacteriophage Cocktail for the Prevention of Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa on Catheters in an In Vitro Model System

(2009) W. Fu et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Slow Release of Nitric Oxide from Charged Catheters and Its Effect on Biofilm Formation by Escherichia coli

(2009) G. Regev-Shoshani et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Novel Antiseptic Urinary Catheters for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections: Correlation of In Vivo and In Vitro Test Results

(2009) R. Hachem et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Antibiofilm activity of nanosized magnesium fluoride

(2009) Jonathan Lellouche et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Advances in Microbial Biofilm Prevention on Indwelling Medical Devices with Emphasis on Usage of Acoustic Energy

(2009) Naama Dror et al.   SENSORS

The potential of lipid- and polymer-based drug delivery carriers for eradicating biofilm consortia on device-related nosocomial infections

(2008) Shunmugaperumal Tamilvanan et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Stop Orders to Reduce Inappropriate Urinary Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(2008) Mark Loeb et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

Effect of triclosan on the formation of crystalline biofilms by mixed communities of urinary tract pathogens on urinary catheters

(2008) G. J. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial biofilms in patients with indwelling urinary catheters

(2008) David J Stickler   Nature clinical practice. Urology

The migration of Proteus mirabilis and other urinary tract pathogens over Foley catheters

(2004) N. Sabbuba et al.   BJU INTERNATIONAL