title: [Risk factors and sensitivity to certain antibiotics in hospital urinary infections].
abstract: Urinary infections contracted in hospital are one of the most important health problems. The present paper looks at 549 hospitalised patients and 548 subjects referred to the laboratory for routine tests over a period of 6 months. The results showed a higher number of hospital infections in the Medicine Department and this number was directly proportional to certain risk factors such as the presence of a catheter at home, the greater age of patients and a poorer physical condition. The strains most frequently isolated were E. coli and Pseudomonas spp although percentages were different between out-patients and hospitalised patients. The infections in question might be reduced and, at least partially, controlled by means of stricter hygiene on the part of personnel and by a moderate use of vesical catheterism.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Civico, Casalpusterlengo Milano.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Belloni
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Vimercati
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quadrelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montanari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zanaletti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012307:Risk Factors; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Fattori di rischio e sensibilità ad alcuni chemioantibiotici nelle infezioni urinarie ospedaliere.