Actinotignum massiliense, a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic coccoid rod, is a rare human pathogen able to infect the urinary tract and belongs to the order of Actinomycetales. We identified A. massiliense as a resident of microbial biofilms growing on indwelling urethral catheter surfaces tha...
Both Aerococcus urinae (Au) and Globicatella sanguinis (Gs) colonize the human urinary tract and are in the Aerococcaceae family. These rarely pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria were identified in polymicrobial urethral catheter biofilms (CBs) using 16S rDNA and proteomic analyses in this study. For ...
Interventions: Early group: The urethral catheter is removed on postoperative day 2 or 3, before removing the epidural anesthesia catheter.
Late group: Urethral catheter removed after 2-24 hours of epidural catheter removal
Primary outcome(s): Incidence of postoperative urinary retention (POUR)
Stu...
The analysis of catheter biofilms (CBs) from patients with neurogenic bladder disorders revealed persistent colonization by polymicrobial communities. The recurrence of bacterial species in the CBs of sequentially replaced catheters suggests urothelial reservoirs responsible for recolonization of th...