Guide to Antibiotics in Urology

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.

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.