Urinary tract infection in surgical patients.
Urinary tract infection continues to be a major source of morbidity for surgical patients, and treating these infections continues to be a difficult problem in clinical surgical practice. The majority of these infections are due to urinary catheters. One strategy that has been advanced to prevent the morbidity associated with these infections is the use of silver-coated urinary catheters.
Hashmi
Syed
S
Section of Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA 02115, USA. shashmi@phs.org
Kelly
Edward
E
Rogers
Selwyn O
SO
Gates
Jonathan
J
D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*