Guide to Antibiotics in Urology, 1st ed. 2024

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the use of antibiotics in the urological setting. It is the first work to focus exclusively on the treatment of urinary tract infections, starting from the recent epidemiological and microbiological acquisitions in terms of bacterial resistance. 

The structure of the book reflects everyday clinical practice, and the sections are divided in line with the level of clinical severity, starting from the uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections and continuing to severe uro-sepsis. Particular emphasis has been given to patient-related risk factors, to the role of antibiotic prophylaxis in urological surgical procedures, and to the treatment of male associated gland infections. The final section offers a dedicated tool for easy and rapid consultation, helping physicians in the everyday clinical practice setting. 

The book offers the first practical guide for physicians who treat patients affectedby urological infections. Further, it offers a simple guide to consulting for all physicians who occasionally care for these patients.

Part I : Epidemiological and microbiological aspects of urinary tract infections.- 1. Antimicrobial Resistance in Uropathogens.- 2. Bacterial resistance: what is the epidemiological scenario?.- 3. A practical guideline on sampling and analysis of urine and blood specimens in urinary tract infections.- 4. The antibiogram: from MIC to breakpoints.- 5. Classification of urinary tract infections – a contemporary guide for clinical practice and research.- 6. Novel Antibiotics in Urology.- Part II : Treatment of low severity urinary tract infections without risk factors.- 7. Acute uncomplicated and complicated cystitis: From empiric treatment to antibiogram based tailored treatment.- 8. Recurrent urinary tract infection in young woman.- 9. Pyelonephritis: in- and outpatients.- Part III : Treatment of urinary tract infections with risk factors and urosepsis.- 10. Management of catheter associated urinary tract infections.- 11. Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney Transplant Patients.- 12. Management of the urosepsis syndrome.- 13. The treatment of urinary tract infections caused by ESBL producing Gram-negative bacteria, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and other multi-drug resistant bacteria.- 14. Antibiotic treatment of urogenital tuberculosis.- 15. Bacteriophage therapy of urinary tract infections.- Part IV : Urethritis and male accessory gland infections.- 16. Treatment of Urethritis.- 17. Acute Bacterial Prostatitis.- 18. Treatment of epididymitis and orchitis.- Part V : Antibiotic prophylaxis and treatment of infectious complications after urological procedures.- 19. Principles of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Urology: Why, when and how?.- 20. Prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections after radical cystectomy, diversion and reservoirs.- 21. Prevention and treatment of infectious complications after urogenital prosthesis surgery.- Part VI : Practical guidelines on antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections.-22. Practical guidelines on antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections.-

Tommaso Cai is the acting Director of Department of Urology, Santa Chiara Regional Hospital, Trento, Italy. He is the Secretary of the Italian Society of Andrology and chairman of the society’s Study Group on Urological Infections. He was appointed Full Professor of Urology (ASN – Italy) in 2019, and in 2015 became a member of the European Association of Urology’s guideline board on urological infections. Dr. Cai is the Editor-in-Chief of Uro, a journal of the MDPI group. He is the author of more than 350 publications (including book chapters and original articles) on issues relating to prostate and bladder cancer, andrology, urinary tract infections, sexually transmitted diseases, and the use of novel technologies. Dr. Cai is the vice-Chairman of the European Society for Infections in Urology (ESIU-EAU).

Truls Erik Bjerklund Johansen is em. Professor of Urology at the University of Oslo, Norway, and Adj. Professor of Experimental Urological Surgeryat the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He is senior consultant in general surgery and urology and was Chairman of the Urology Department, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark from 2007 to 2012 before joining Oslo University Hospital. He was Professor of Medicine (Urology) and Chairman of the Norwegian Institute of Urology at the University of Tromsoe, Norway, from 1993 to 2001. His main research interests are urogenital infections, and minimally invasive treatment of prostate and kidney cancer. He has published numerous scientific papers and edited many books and is lead editor of the Living Textbook on Urogenital Infections, co-published by the EAU and the German Medical Society. 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 was member and co-chair of the EAU Guidelines Panel on Urinary Tract Infections for 16 years. He is hon. Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and Fel