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Utzinger, Jürg. "Novel approaches in the control of schistosomiasis : from rapid identification to chemoprophylaxis /." Basel : Universität Basel, 1999. http://edoc.unibas.ch/diss/DissB_5365.
Full textJensen, Heidi Dorte. "Cranberry juice and urinary tract infections /." Copenhagen : Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut : Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Science, 2004. http://www.dfh.dk/phd/defences/HeidiDorteJensen.htm.
Full textChromek, Milan. "Urinary tract infection and renal scarring /." Stockholm, 2006. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2006/7140-844-4/.
Full textNg, Kwok-wai Roger. "Predictors of outcome of asymptomatic urinary tract infection in Hong Kong Chinese elderly persons /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38480475.
Full textNyman, Jesper. "Machine learning approaches for detection of urinary tract infections." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för fysik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-172082.
Full textIrom, Sara Julie. "High Dose Antimicrobial Protocols for Canine Urinary Tract Infections." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274464691.
Full textPhilyaw, Charlotte Evette. "Preventing Urinary Tract Infections in the Acute Care Setting." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2574.
Full textWong, Hei-man. "Evidence-based preventive care of CAUTI for hospitalized adult patients." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43251638.
Full textPrystowsky, Elya E. "Sexual intercourse, sexually transmitted infections, and urinary tract infections in post-menopausal women /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10907.
Full textSmith, Sharon Phillips. "Community-acquired Urinary Tract Infections| Treatment, Outcomes, and Antimicrobial Resistance." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3616604.
Full textCommunity-acquired urinary tract infections (CA-UTI) are common in young women. Reports of increasing resistance to the antimicrobial drugs commonly prescribed to treat CA-UTI, evidence of wide-spread dissemination of strains of multi-drug resistant i that can cause community outbreaks and expanding appreciation of the importance of the rational use of antibiotics are challenging the traditional management of this disease.
Two population-based studies were performed to investigate the epidemiological features of CA-UTI with an emphasis on the antimicrobial resistance of causative bacteria. An eight-year retrospective cohort study was conducted in a large health maintenance organization to identify changes in uropathogen etiology and antimicrobial resistance and in empirical antimicrobial treatment practices and outcomes. A cross-sectional study was performed in a university population to investigate the relationship between changes in the prevalence of genotype-based clonal groups of uropathogen E. coli and the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance.
From 1998 through 2005, less than 20% of the Escherichia coli causing uncomplicated CA-UTI (UCA-UTI) were resistant to the first line empirical treatment antimicrobial, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX). No trends were detected in the proportions of Escherichia coli that were resistant to TMP/SMX or to nitrofurantoin. In contrast, a small but steady increase in the proportion of Escherichia coli that were resistant to ciprofloxacin was observed. Over the same period of time, the use of ciprofloxacin as empirical treatment for UCA-UTI steadily increased while the use of TMP/SMX decreased. No sustained decreases in treatment failure or in microbiologically incompatible treatment were detected. Thus TMP/SMX remains a viable empirical treatment for women with UCA- UTI in these populations. Molecular typing of Escherichia coli causing CA-UTI revealed that the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance was influenced by a small number of Escherichia coli clonal groups. This suggests that the prevalence of antimicrobial resistant UTI in a community is not only the result of community prescribing practices and individual antimicrobial use but can be significantly impacted by the introduction and circulation of strains of uropathogens that are already drug resistant. Thus, strategies developed to maintain the usefulness of empirical treatment options for CA-UTI must include interventions that target sources of antimicrobial resistant uropathogens.
Stackleather, Bronwyn K. "Improving catheter-associated urinary tract infections through improved nursing education." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1528050.
Full textThe changes in health care over the past decade have caused hospitals across the nation to focus on improving quality outcomes for the patients they serve. One of the most preventable hospital-acquired infections is catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Nursing’s role in the prevention of CAUTI spans patients’ entire hospital stay, and quality education to nursing staff is essential for sustained reduction efforts.
The project’s purpose was to evaluate the content and design of the nursing curriculum on CAUTI reduction given to nurses in a pediatric intensive care unit at one healthcare institution. A process evaluation showed that the curriculum had several key strengths and weaknesses and could be improved through application of Knowles’s adult theory of learning. Management and the clinical leadership team could improve patient outcomes by building nursing curriculum with a greater focus on learners’ needs, an understanding of what motivates learners, and more involvement of the nursing staff.
Collins, Linda. "Specimen collection technique and standards for diagnosing urinary tract infections." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2016. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/414108/.
Full textJayanth, Aiden Matthew. "Experimental studies on the microbiota associated with urinary tract infections." Thesis, University of Essex, 2017. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/20191/.
Full textFasugba, Oyebola. "Antimicrobial resistance in urinary tract infections caused by Escherichia coli." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2017. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/67ce6b272ae23ebc1ea1e8727d748f9cc7a61a59c3d5c0c98d2d1d0350c55a51/5885672/Fasugba_2017_Antimicrobial_resistance_in_urinary_tract_infections.pdf.
Full textHamilton, Elva. "Nurse-Driven Protocol to Reduce Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections." NSUWorks, 2018. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_con_stuetd/33.
Full textChen, Ming. "Renal cell death in urinary tract infections : role of E. coli toxins /." Stockholm, 2005. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2005/91-7140-166-0/.
Full textMathai, Elizabeth. "Genital and urinary tract infections in pregnancy in southern India : diagnosis, management and impact on perinatal outcome /." Stockholm, 2004. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2004/91-7140-129-6/.
Full textSalo, J. (Jarmo). "Long-term consequences and prevention of urinary tract infections in childhood." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2012. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514298707.
Full textTiivistelmä Virtsatieinfektio (VTI) on yksi tavallisimpia lasten bakteeri-infektioita, ja sillä on taipumus uusiutua. Bakteerien biofilminmuodostuskyky voi olla merkittävä tekijä VTI:n synnyssä. Lapsuudessa sairastetun VTI:n ajatellaan lisäävän kroonisen munuaisten vajaatoiminnan riskiä, mikä ei kuitenkaan perustu tieteelliseen näyttöön. Karpalomehu ehkäisee aikuisten naisten VTI:n uusiutumisia, mutta sen tehoa lapsilla ei tiedetä. Tämän väitöskirjatyön tavoitteena oli selvittää bakteerien biofilminmuodostuskyvyn yhteyttä VTI:n kliiniseen kuvaan, lapsuudessa sairastetun VTI:n pitkäaikaisvaikutuksia sekä karpalomehun tehoa, turvallisuutta ja käyttökelpoisuutta lasten VTI:n ehkäisyssä. Kliinisistä virtsanäytteistä viljeltyjen E. coli –kantojen muodostama biofilmi mitattiin optisen tiheyden perusteella, ja elävien biofilmirakenteiden muodostuminen varmistettiin elektronimikroskooppi- ja konfokaalimikroskooppikuvauksilla. Lapsena sairastetun VTI:n yhteyttä munuaisten vajaatoimintaan tutkittiin systemaattisella kirjallisuuskatsauksella ja selvittämällä OYS:ssa munuaisten vajaatoiminnan vuoksi hoidossa olevien potilaiden munuaissairauden etiologia. Karpalomehun tehoa, turvallisuutta ja käyttökelpoisuutta lasten VTI:n ehkäisyssä selvitettiin kahdella lumekontrolloidulla tutkimuksella. Kolmasosa E. coli –kannoista muodosti biofilmiä, ja pyelonefriittipotilailta eristetyt kannat olivat parempia biofilminmuodostajia kuin kystiittipotilailta eristetyt. Kirjallisuuskatsauksen 1576:n ja OYS:n 366:n tapauksen joukossa ei ollut potilaita, joilla olisi ollut ensimmäisessä kuvantamistutkimuksessa rakenteeltaan normaalit munuaiset ja lapsuuden VTI:t olisivat johtaneet munuaisten vajaatoimintaan. Lapsuuden VTI:n etiologinen fraktio munuaisten vajaatoiminnan syynä oli teoriassakin korkeintaan 0.3 %. Karpalomehu ei vähentänyt uusintainfektion saaneiden lasten määrää, mutta se vähensi uusintaepisodeja 39 % riskiaikaa kohti (0,25/vuosi vs. 0,41/vuosi) ja antibioottipäiviä 34 % potilasvuotta kohti (11,6 vs. 17,6 päivää). Lapset joivat karpalomehua mielellään, eikä sillä ollut haitallisia vaikutuksia normaaliflooraan. Aiheuttajabakteerien biofilminmuodostuskyky vaikuttaa olevan merkittävä tekijä VTI:n patogeneesissä. Lapsi, jolla on rakenteellisesti normaalit munuaiset, ei ole lapsuuden VTI:n vuoksi riskissä sairastua munuaisten vajaatoimintaan. Siten ensimmäisen VTI:n jälkeiset kuvantamistutkimukset voidaan suunnata toteamaan vaikeat rakenteelliset poikkeavuudet. Koska lapsuuden VTI on suhteellisen vaaraton sairaus, karpalomehu on hyvä vaihtoehto VTI:n ehkäisyyn myös lapsilla. Biofilminmuodostuksen esto on sen yksi mahdollinen vaikutusmekanismi
Lo, Joey Chor Yee. "Novel antimicrobial peptide coating to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/56262.
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Vincent, Caroline. "Food reservoir for «Escherichia coli» causing community- acquired urinary tract infections." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=95200.
Full textIl a été démontré que des souches de Escherichia coli étroitement reliées causaient des infections extraintestinales chez des personnes non-reliées. Cette étude teste l'hypothèse selon laquelle il existerait un réservoir alimentaire pour ces souches d'E. coli. Des isolats provenant de trois sources différentes et récoltés durant les mêmes périodes et régions géographiques ont été comparés. Les sources incluaient des isolats d'E. coli provenant de femmes soufrant d'infection urinaire (IU) (n=353); de viande vendue au détail (n = 417); et d'aliments de restauration/prêts-à-manger (n =74). Les E. coli ont été évalués pour leur susceptibilité aux agents antimicrobiens et leur sérotype O:H, et ont été comparés par l'intermédiaire de six différentes méthodes de génotypage. Nous avons identifié 17 groupes clonaux contenant des isolats d'E. coli (n = 72) provenant de plus d'une source. Des E. coli provenant de viande de poulet (O25:H4-ST131 et O114:H4-ST117) et de melon au miel (O2:H7-ST95) étaient indistinguables ou étroitement reliés à des E. coli provenant d'IUs. Cette étude supporte fortement le rôle des réservoirs alimentaires dans la dissémination du E. coli causant des IUs acquises dans la communauté.
Bezruk, Т. О., and V. V. Bezruk. "Etiological structure and antimicrobial resistance in pathogens causing urinary tract infections." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/47823.
Full textGarcía, Bonillo María Cristina. "Nanostructured silver-based bacteriophobic surfaces against catheter-associated urinary tract infections." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/671912.
Full textEn esta tesis se ha desarrollado un catéter urinario tipo Foley bacteriofóbico. El efecto bacteriofóbico se basa en un recubrimiento super-hidrofóbico micro- y nanostructurado con una topografía específica, recubierto por una película de plata metálica homogénea, que crea un ambiente incómodo para las bacterias, evitando la adhesión bacteriana a la superficie, pero sin provocar ningún efecto sobre el crecimiento bacteriano. Para conseguirlo, se ha generado un conjunto de recubrimientos nanoestructurados super-hidrofóbicos basados en diferentes polímeros. Se han utilizado como polímeros base el metacrilato de pentafluorofenilo polimerizado por plasma (pp-PFM) y la polidopamina (PDA), recubiertos con una fina película de plata metálica. Todos ellos mostraron una reducción en la adhesión bacteriana de entre 4 y 6 órdenes de magnitud con respecto al PDMS sin recubrir, así como la capacidad de repeler la adhesión de proteínas en ensayos in vitro. El recubrimiento basado en PDA-plata fue seleccionado para ser implementarlo en el catéter urinario. Este catéter urinario ha demostrado mantener el efecto bacteriofóbico durante 30 días in vitro, probado con ensayos de uso simulado en condiciones de flujo y estáticas, utilizando cepas bacterianas uropatógenas y aislados clínicos. Además, el catéter ha sido validado in vivo utilizando cerdos cateterizados como modelo animal durante 15 días. Durante este período, el catéter ha podido mantener la adhesión bacteriana 2 órdenes de magnitud por debajo de los catéteres estándar comerciales y los antimicrobianos.
In this thesis, a bacteriophobic urinary Foley catheter has been developed. The bacteriophobic effect is based on a homogeneous super-hydrophobic coating with a specific micro- and nanostructure covered by a homogeneous metallic silver film, which create an uncomfortable environment for bacteria, avoiding bacterial attachment to the surface but without causing any effect on bacterial growth. To achieve this, a set of super-hydrophobic nanostructured coatings based on different polymers has been developed. Plasma-polymerized pentafluorophenyl methacrylate (pp-PFM) and Polydopamine (PDA) have been used as base polymers, being coated with a thin film of metallic silver. All of them showed a reduction in bacterial adhesion between 4 and 6 orders of magnitude regarding the uncoated PDMS, as well as the ability to repel protein adhesion in in vitro tests. The PDA-silver coating was selected to be implemented on the urinary catheter. This urinary catheter has been shown to maintain the bacteriophobic effect for 30 days in vitro, tested with simulation-use tests in flow and static conditions, using uropathogenic bacterial strains and clinical isolates. Moreover, the catheter has been validated in vivo using catheterized pigs as animal model for 15 days. During this period, the catheter has been able to maintain bacterial adhesion 2 orders of magnitude lower than commercial standard or antimicrobial catheters.
Wright, Marshanell. "Decreasing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in the Acute Care Setting." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6707.
Full textAndré, Malin. "Rules of thumb and management of common infections in general practice /." Linköping : Univ, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5183.
Full textMann, Mary Ann. "The efficacy of short term amoxicillin therapy and the effect of furosemide on conventional antibiotic therapy in experimentally induced bacterial lower urinary tract infection in cats." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41701.
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Chu, Pui-shan, and 朱佩珊. "Antimicrobial resistant escherichia coli and sequence type 131 in urinary tract infections." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206499.
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Raja, Farah. "Development and characterisation of novel antimicrobial phosphate glasses for urinary tract infections." Thesis, Aston University, 2018. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/37661/.
Full textAlomar, Hussain Abdulrahman. "Antibiotics prescribing by general practitioners for urinary tract infections in elderly patients." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2017. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/antibiotics-prescribing-by-general-practitioners-for-urinary-tract-infections-in-elderly-patients(d58f6db6-821a-4fb2-94a4-b2a76261d35c).html.
Full textHorvath, Dennis John Jr. "The Impact of Phagocyte-UPEC Interactions Upon Pathogenesis of Urinary Tract Infections." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1316282102.
Full textBagnola, Emily Bagnola. "URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY: A PREVALENCE STUDY." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1533662283119186.
Full text黃曦汶 and Hei-man Wong. "Evidence-based preventive care of CAUTI for hospitalized adult patients." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43251638.
Full textAcharya, Dhruba. "Bacterial Flagella as Triggers of the Innate Immune System and IL-10 Production During Acute Urinary Tract Infection." Thesis, Griffith University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/391068.
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Dodd, Will. "UTI and GU Infections." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8921.
Full textHosseini, Abolfazl. "Nitric oxide : a marker for inflammation in the lower urinary tract /." Stockholm, 2004. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2004/91-7349-920-X/.
Full textAspevall, Olle. "Diagnosis of urinary tract infections : aspects of quality assurance and communication of concepts /." Stockholm, 2001. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2001/91-628-4899-2/.
Full textBella, Sinclair, Wallnäs Felicia, Belin Stella, Olby Erik, and Söderberg Hampus. "A Prediction of Antibiotic Resistance with Regard to Urinary and Respiratory Tract Infections." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-352287.
Full textTakahashi, Akira. "Molecular epidemiological studies of Escherichia coli isolates obtained from lower urinary tract infections." Kyoto University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/120579.
Full textAlhashash, F. A. "Populations of Escherichia coli in clinical samples of urinary tract infections and bacteraemia." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2015. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/27939/.
Full textCarlson, Diana Elizabeth. "Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections with Education on Using the Catheter Bundle." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7278.
Full textOlatunji, Olatunde. "Education Program for Critical Care Nurses on Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7888.
Full textAbiodun, Kehinde O. "Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in New York and North Carolina." Thesis, Walden University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10745234.
Full textIn the United States, many hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary catheters acquire catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) during their hospital stay. CAUTI negatively affects peoples’ health and quality of life and causes a financial burden to individuals and the nation. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to explore the relationship between gender, age, and hospital types and CAUTI incidence in New York and North Carolina over a 3-year period. The theoretical framework of choice was the Donabedian model. Simple logistic regression and hierarchical multivariable logistic regression analysis were performed on archival data that was requested from Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) agency. According to the findings, males (n = 61,040) were at a higher risk of developing CAUTI compared to female (n = 66,792) (p < .001) in New York and North Carolina between 2012 and 2014. The odds of getting CAUTI were much higher among age ≥ 45 compared to the < 17 years. These findings fit in with previous literature identifying age and gender as having a significant relationship with CAUTI occurrence. The outcomes in this study may guide the formulation of policies that are age-appropriate, gender-specific, and facility-tailored to reduce the incidence of CAUTI.
Zunino, Pablo. "The role of fimbriae as virulence factors in urinary tract infections by Proteus mirabilis." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.624240.
Full textBrady, Patrick W. "Duration of intravenous antibiotics and treatment failure in infants hospitalized with urinary tract infections." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1299169787.
Full textOzer, Ahmet. "Increased Bacterial Adherence and Decreased Bacterial Clearance in Urinary Tract Infections with Diabetes Mellitus." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1376406476.
Full textRoy, L. Paul. "Studies related to diseases affecting the kidney and urinary tract in children and their management." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1819.
Full textRoy, L. Paul. "Studies related to diseases affecting the kidney and urinary tract in children and their management." University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1819.
Full textPublications 1-49 represent studies that I have undertaken myself or conjointly over a 34 year period to investigate a variety of issues relating to diseases of the kidney and urinary tract in children. The studies were carried out at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown when I was Clinical Superintendent from 1968 - 1970; The Department of Paediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA when I was Overseas Research Fellow of the Post Graduate Foundation in Medicine, University of Sydney, 1970 - 1972, then as Staff Physician in Nephrology at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown, 1972 - 1977, and then Head of that Department at the Hospital until 1995 and then as an Honorary Staff Specialist at that hospital. Some of the studies were done conjointly with members of the Renal Unit of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital where I hold an Honorary appointment and others conjointly with members of the Renal Unit of Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay. I was appointed Clinical Associate Professor to the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney in 1993. In 1966 paediatric nephrology was in the early phase of development as a medical subspecialty. There was no definitive textbook, the first was published in 1975 (Pediatric Nephrology, Ed. Mitchell I. Rubin. Williams and Wilkins.). In the preface to the 2nd edition of Renal Disease (Blackwell) in 1967 the editor D.A.K. Black noted that he had included a chapter on paediatric aspects which had been planned for the 1st edition in 1962 but ”it could not be arranged”. In the chapter on Renal Disease in Children the author, D.Macauly, comments that the mortality rate of acute renal failure in children was 50%. When I joined the resident staff of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in 1966, children with renal disease were managed by general paediatricians. There was no active program for the treatment of children with acute or chronic renal failure. A small number of kidney biopsies had been performed by Dr Trefor Morgan who, together with Dr Denis Wade, had taught me the technique while I was a resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in the preceding year. With the guidance and support of Dr S.E.J. Robertson and Dr C. Lee, Honorary Medical Officers, and Dr R.D.K. Reye, Head of the Department of Pathology, I began performing kidney biopsies on children at the request of the paediatrician in charge. In the same year, encouraged again by Doctors Robertson and Lee, and by J.C.M. Friend and J. Brown, I introduced peritoneal dialysis for the treatment of children with acute renal failure, a technique which I had also been taught by Dr Trefor Morgan whilst I was a resident at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Dr Robertson encouraged me to present my experience in percutaneous renal biopsy in children at the Annual Meeting of the Australian Paediatric Association in 1968 and this study became the first paper I published in relation to disease of the urinary tract in children (1). In 1970 I was granted an Overseas Research Fellowship by the Post Graduate Foundation in Medicine, University of Sydney, to enable me to undertake a fellowship in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Minnesota. I had the great fortune in undertaking studies in the new discipline of paediatric nephrology and related research under the guidance of Dr A. F. Michael, Dr R.L.Vernier and Dr A. Fish. I acquired the techniques of immunopathology and electron microscopy. On my return to Australia I established a Department of Nephrology at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. I introduced immunofluorescent and electron microscopic studies for the kidney biopsies that I continued to perform and, with the support of Dr R.D.K. Reye, I provided the official reports of these studies until 1990. As a result these studies became part of the histopathologic service provided by the hospital. I continue to be consulted concerning the interpretation of some electron microscopic findings in renal tissue. With the assistance of Dr J.D. Harley I set up a laboratory in the Children’s Medical Research Foundation to continue and expand the studies I had commenced during my Fellowship. Establishing a dialysis and transplant program for children with end stage renal disease (ESRD) was extremely time consuming. At that time most children with ESRD died. The program was initially established jointly with the Renal Unit at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 1972 and eventually dialysis facilities were established at the Children’s Hospital using predominantly peritoneal dialysis. By 1978 the existence of the Unit was well known in the general community and articles appeared in the press. One prompted the late Sir Lorimer Dods, the first Professor of Paediatrics in Australia to write to me congratulating me on what I had achieved. He remarked “I have just read with special interest Shaun’s review in the SMH of some of your recent achievements in the field of renal failure in infancy and childhood and want to offer you my personal congratulations on all that you have achieved and are achieving in this area of paediatrics which, in my little world of yesterday, meant nothing more than progressive and unrelenting fatal illness”. Taking part in the development of a relatively new discipline led me to study a number of areas. I encouraged trainees to write reports concerning clinical observations and eventually I was joined by Fellows whom I encouraged and supported to study a number of different areas to ensure that children were being cared for in an environment of strong and open enquiry. This led to studies on investigations of chronic renal failure which Dr Elisabeth Hodson pursued and studies on urinary tract infection in small children for which Dr Jonathon Craig was awarded a PhD. As I had been a contributor and co-author in a number of these studies they have been included in my list of publications. As a result of this diversity I have listed the publications in 9 sections. The overall theme is to study diseases of the renal tract in children and treatments used to understand the processes and ensure the most effective treatment. Some published abstracts of papers presented at scientific meetings have been included to clarify invitations I received to prepare reviews and chapters on various subjects and my involvement in some conjoint studies. I was author or coauthor of several book chapters, reviews, editorials and certain published studies to which I was invited to contribute as a result of my primary studies and these I have included as “Derivative References”numbered 50-76.
Ng, Kwok-wai Roger, and 吳國偉. "Predictors of outcome of asymptomatic urinary tract infection in Hong Kong Chinese elderly persons." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45011436.
Full textPinzon-Arango, Paola A. "Investigating the effects of cranberry juice on the physicochemical properties of Escherichia coli for the prevention of urinary tract infections." Worcester, Mass. : Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2008. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-010908-121947/.
Full textForster, Catherine S. "Predictive Ability of NGAL in Distinguishing Urinary Tract Infection from Colonization in Children who Require Clean Intermittent Catheterization." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491558718150357.
Full textFerry, Sven. "Urinary tract infections in primary health care in northern Sweden : epidemiological, bacteriological and clinical aspects." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Klinisk bakteriologi, 1988. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-99337.
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