title: Ureteral Stents and Foley Catheters-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: The Role of Coatings and Materials in Infection Prevention.
abstract: Urinary tract infections affect many patients, especially those who are admitted to hospital and receive a bladder catheter for drainage. Catheter associated urinary tract infections are some of the most common hospital infections and cost the health care system billions of dollars. Early removal is one of the mainstays of prevention as 100% of catheters become colonized. Patients with ureteral stents are also affected by infection and antibiotic therapy alone may not be the answer. We will review the current evidence on how to prevent infections of urinary biomaterials by using different coatings, new materials, and drug eluting technologies to decrease infection rates of ureteral stents and catheters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2660 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3Z6, Canada. joey.lo@alumni.ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Joey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.affiliation: Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2660 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3Z6, Canada. dirk.lange@ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.affiliation: Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2660 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3Z6, Canada. ben.chew@ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Ben H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Chew
keywords: catheter; ureteral stent; urinary tract infection