Guide to Antibiotics in Urology

ISBN-13: 9783319923659 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024

Tommaso Cai; Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen

Spis treści

Introduction and aim of the book.- Part I Epidemiological and microbiological aspects of urinary tract infections: Principles of bacterial resistance to antibiotics.- Bacterial resistance: what is the epidemiological scenario?.- Collection of urine samples: the microbiologist’s point of view.- The antibiogram: from MIC to break-points.- Classification of urinary tract infections in the microbiome era.- Antibiotic stewardship: an urgent need in everyday urological practice.- Part II Treatment of low severity urinary tract infections without risk factors: Uncomplicated cystitis: From empiric treatment to antibiogram based tailored treatment.- Recurrent urinary tract infections in young women.- Pyelonephritis: in- and outpatients .- Part III Treatment of urinary tract infections with risk factors and urosepsis: Management of catheter associated urinary tract infections.- Treatment of urinary tract infections in renal transplant patients .- Management of the urosepsis syndrome.- The treatment of urinary tract infections caused by ESBL and multi-drug resistant bacteria.- Part IV Urethritis and male accessory  gland infections: Treatment of gonococcal and non-gonococcal urethritis.- Treatment of acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis.- Treatment of epididymitis and orchitis.- Part V Antibiotic prophylaxis and treatment of infectious complications after urological procedures : Principles of antibiotic prophylaxis in urology: why, when and how.- Prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections after endoscopic surgery for urinary stones.- Prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections after radical cystectomy, diversion and reservoirs.- Prevention and treatmentof infectious complications after urogenital prosthesis surgery.- Prevention and treatment of infective complications following prostate biopsy.- Part VI Appendix: Antibiotics: pocket tables for everyday use.

O autorze

Tommaso Cai graduated with a degree in Medicine from the University of Florence, Italy, in 2002, where he subsequently completed his specialization in Urology. In 2010 he was appointed a consultant urologist at the Department of Urology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy. In 2013 he became a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Society of Andrology and chairman of the society’s Study Group on Urological Infections. He was appointed Associate Professor of Urology (ASN – Italy) in 2014, and in 2015 became a member of the European Association of Urology’s guideline board on urological infections. Dr. Cai is the author of more than 200 publications (including book chapters and over 100 original articles) on issues relating to prostate and bladder cancer, urinary tract infections, sexually transmitted diseases, and the use of novel technologies.

Truls Erik Bjerklund Johansen is Professor of Urology at the University of Oslo, Norway and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Experimental Urological Surgery at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He is past Chairman and honorary member of the European Society for Infections in Urology (ESIU), a full section of the European Association of Urology (EAU), and special reviewer of the EAU Guidelines Panel on Urinary Tract Infections. Dr. Bjerklund Johansen has been a consultant in general surgery and urology since 1984 and was chairman of the Urology Department, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark from 2007 to 2012 before joining Oslo University Hospital in 2013. He was a Professor of Medicine (Urology) and Chairman of the Norwegian Institute of Urology at the University of Tromsoe, Norway, from 1993 to 2001, Professor of Medical Science, Telemark University College, Norway from 2002 to 2005, and Professor of Urology at the University of Aarhus, Denmark from 2007 to 2012. His main research interests are urogenital infections, especially hospital acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance, and minimally invasive treatment of prostate and kidney cancer. He has published numerous original papers, review articles, case reports, book chapters, abstracts, comments and scientific documents, and has given more than 500 lectures at medical meetings and congresses. He is honorary member of the Hungarian Ass. of Urology.