TORONTO—Guidelines are needed for managing positive urine cultures in the ICU because clinicians often prescribe antibiotics inappropriately, researchers reported here at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

TORONTO—Pyuria may not be an accurate indicator of UTI in patients presenting with acute urolithiasis, California researchers report.

TORONTO—By examining temporal patterns of Escherichia coli colonization of the periurethra and urine, it may soon be possible to intervene and prevent recurrent UTIs in an unprecedented way.

TORONTO—Enterococcus has emerged as the predominant pathogen associated with symptomatic UTIs in the first six months after renal transplantation, data show.

SAN FRANCISCO—Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) cases are on the rise in the United States and globally, but they often are difficult to diagnose, leading to a delay in dialysis that can worsen renal damage, according to a Turkish researcher.

SAN FRANCISCO—Urinary schistosomiasis is a common infection in sub-Saharan Africa and the Mideast, and more cases could surface in the United States because of greater international travel and immigration from those regions, according to an infectious disease specialist.