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Infección urinaria asociada al uso de catéteres - Overview

Nombres alternativos

ITU asociada con el uso de catéter; Infección de las vías urinarias asociada con el uso de sondas vesicales; Infección urinaria intrahospitalaria; Infección urinaria asociada con cuidados médicos; Bacteriuria asociada con catéteres (sondas)

Definición:

Es una infección que se presenta en alguien que tiene una sonda (llamada catéter) puesta para drenar la orina del cuerpo.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Tener una sonda o catéter dentro de las vías urinarias incrementa la probabilidad de una infección urinaria y puede también hacer más difícil el tratamiento de la infección.

Si se deja una sonda vesical puesta por mucho tiempo, las bacterias se multiplicarán allí. Una infección dañina puede ocurrir si el número de bacterias llega a ser grande o si proliferan bacterias dañinas específicas en las vías urinarias.

La mayoría de las infecciones urinarias asociadas con el uso de catéteres son causadas por bacterias. Sin embargo, el hongo cándida puede provocar infecciones de las vías urinarias.

  • Reviewed last on: 6/17/2010
  • David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Scott Miller, MD, Urologist in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia.

Referencias

Hooton TM. Nosocomial urinary tract infections. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 304.

Moore KN, Fader M, Getliffe K. Long-term bladder management by intermittent catheterisation in adults and children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;4:CD006008.

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