Urinary catheter-associated microbiota change in accordance with treatment and infection status

• Main Authors: Bossa, Laetitia, Kline, Kimberly A., McDougald, Diane, Lee, Bonsan Bonne, Rice, Scott A.
• Other Authors: Wilson, Brenda A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Enterobacteriaceae; Firmicutes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88170; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44584
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The use of long-term catheterisation to manage insensate bladders, often associated with spinal cord injury (SCI), increases the risk of microbial colonisation and infection of the urinary tract. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is typically diagnosed and treated based on the culturing of organisms fro...