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BMC Vet Res 2020 Nov 11;16(1):437. Epub 2020 Nov 11.

Department of Neurology, Texas A&M Small Animal Hospital, 408 Raymond Stotzer Pkwy, College Station, TX, 77845, USA.

Background: We report the first case of canine Salmonella meningoencephalomyelitis and second case of canine Salmonella bacteriuria, as well as the first reported case of Salmonella enterica subspecies houtenae in a dog.

Case Presentation: Immunosuppressive treatment in a dog for a relapse of steroid-responsive meningitis and arteritis (SRMA) allowed for the opportunistic establishment of a bacteremia with Salmonella enterica subsp. houtenae, ultimately causing meningoencephalomyelitis and subclinical bacteriuria. Read More

Curr Opin Infect Dis 2020 12;33(6):419-425

Transplantation Center and Service of Infectious Diseases, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.

Purpose Of Review: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common infection in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Several elements increase the risk of UTI and/or modify its clinical presentation among KTRs (e.g. Read More

Rev Neurol (Paris) 2020 Dec 5;176(10):804-822. Epub 2020 Sep 5.

URC2A, université Nice Côté-d'Azur, CRCSEP, neurologie hôpital Pasteur 2, CHU de Nice, 30, voie Romaine, 06003 Nice, France.

Objectives: Establish recommendations for the management of UTIs in MS patients.

Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common during multiple sclerosis (MS) and are one of the most common comorbidities potentially responsible for deaths from urinary sepsis.

Methods: The recommendations attempt to answer three main questions about UTIs and MS. Read More

J Nephrol 2019 Oct 28;32(5):751-761. Epub 2019 Jan 28.

Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, 'Aldo Moro' University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy.

Urinary tract infection (UTI) represents the most common infection after kidney transplantation; it is associated with an increased risk for acute kidney rejection and impaired graft function in the early post-transplant period. Kidney transplant recipients with UTIs are often clinically asymptomatic due to the immunosuppressive therapy; however, asymptomatic bacteriuria may progress to acute pyelonephritis, bacteremia and urosepsis, particularly in the early post-transplant period, that are independent risk factors for short and long-term graft and patient survival. This article reviews the definitions, incidence, risk factors and the management of UTI in kidney transplant recipients; furthermore, the main controversial and still unanswered questions, regarding the causes of recurrent UTIs, adequate use of antibiotics to avoid antibiotic resistance, dosing and timing for prophylaxis and treatment of symptomatic infections, are also discussed. Read More

JMM Case Rep 2018 Sep 8;5(9):e005153. Epub 2018 May 8.

Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Introduction: In people, is a common agent of gastroenteritis, but it can also cause extraintestinal disease such as urinary tract infections. In addition, is often linked to the post-infection development of reactive arthritis. In canines, cases that document extraintestinal infections or diseases similar to reactive arthritis have not been thoroughly described. Read More