title: Urinary tract infection in surgical patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA 02115, USA. shashmi@phs.org
authors.forename: Syed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashmi
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Selwyn O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gates
mesh_terms: 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*