The Formation of Poly-Microbial Biofilms on Urinary Catheters
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | The number of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) increases every year. The increasing number of CAUTIs bears on fact that urinary catheters became second most often used foreign body inserted into human body. Over 40% of nosocomial infections are infections of urinary tract, especially infections of catheterised patients. Despite good aseptic management, circa 50% of patients have bacteriuria in first 10–14 days of catheterisation. The risk of urinary tract infections is significantly higher in long-term inserted catheters (28 days); the percentage of infected catheters in these patients gets near to 100%. |
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