2007

2006

2005

Board of ISC UTI Commission
History
International Symposia on Clinical Evaluation of Drug Efficacy in UTI
Publications
The Masaaki Ohkoshi Award
Global Prevalence Study on UTI and SSI
Meetings
Publications (updated January 2008)

Board of ISC UTI Commission
Chairperson	Kurt G. Naber, MD, PhD, Professor, Karl-Bickleder-Str. 44c, D-94315 Straubing, Germany Tel. +49-9421-33369 E-mail: kurt@nabers.de
Co-chair	Tetsuro Matsumoto, MD, PhD, Professor of Urology,Chairman, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Enviromental Health, 1-1, Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan Tel. 0081-93-603.1611/7446 Fax 0081-93-603.8724; E-mail: t-matsu@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
Co-chair	Lindsay E. Nicolle, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, University of Manitoba, MS-675 D, Health Sciences Centre, 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R 3A 1R9, Canada Tel. 001-204-787-4655 Fax 001-204-787-4826 Email: lnicolle@hsc.mb.ca
Committee Members	S. Arakawa (Japan) T.E Bjerklund Johansen (Norway) Y.-H. Cho (Korea) R. Fünfstück (Germany) T. Hooton (USA) C.S. Kim (Korea) J. Krieger (USA) H. Kumon (Japan) R. Raz (Israel) A. J. Schaeffer (USA) W. E. Stamm (USA) Honorary President: M. Ohkoshi (Japan)
Honorary Members	S. Kamidono (Japan) Y. Kawada (Japan) Y. Kumamoto (Japan) J. Kumazawa (Japan) A.R. Ronald (Canada)

History
On the 10th anniversary of the Japanese UTI Committee, its chairman (Professor Masaaki Ohkoshi) invited interested colleagues from North America and Europe to the 1st International Symposium on Clinical Evaluation of Drug Efficacy in Urinary Tract Infection, in October 1989 in Tokyo, Japan. The international commission for UTI was founded, which later became affiliated to the International Society of Chemotherapy. It was decided, to organize an International Symposium on Clinical Evaluation of Drug Efficacy in Urinary Tract Infection biannually, in connection with the International Congress of Chemotherapy.

International Symposia on Clinical Evaluation of Drug Efficacy in UTI
The aims of these meetings are to discuss the various aspects of UTI on a broad international base, to achieve a widely accepted consensus concerning management and clinical studies and to come to a growing bibliography on this subject, which could be useful for the daily clinical decisions to be made.

The Masaaki Ohkoshi Award
The award was founded in 1995 for the best clinical study on the subject of urinary tract infections published during a two-year period. The first three awards were sponsored by Professor Masaaki Ohkoshi and all subsequent awards have been sponsored by the Japanese UTI Committee. These awards have been given at every International Congress of Chemotherapy since 1995.

More information:

Masaaki Ohkoshi Award; Former recipients (PDF)
Masaaki Oshkosh Award (HTM Page)

Global Prevalence Study on UTI and SSI
The ISC-WG UTI is supporting the 5th Global Prevalence Study on Infection in Urology (GPIU) 2007. The study is fully supported by the European Association of Urology (EAU) and is performed in cooperation with many international scientific societies. More than 16 000 urological patients have been screened for nosocomial urinary tract infections (NAUTI) in the former 4 studies (2003-2006). Two papers have already been published with the names of all investigators (see protocol).

All urologists, in cooperation with their ID specialists and clinical microbiologists, are invited to take part in the GPIU 2007.

Summary of GPIU Study
A GPIU database with more than 1000 patients with NAUTI has been established.
GPIU-investigators will receive EU-ACME credit points.
The GPIU study 2007 is Internet based and will investigate the prevalence of UTI and SSI in hospitalised urological patients.
The study protocol, patient forms, and a special TURP questionnaire (updated for the 2007study) are attached for local ethical review if needed. Please see: GPIU 2007 Patient Information 07-06-30.doc and GPIU PATIENT FORM-28.06.2007.doc
Study days are in November 13-15, 20-22 or 27-29, 2007 (see protocol). The exact date can be chosen by each urology department.
Internet address: www.uroweb.org/gpiu2007 opens after 1st October 2007

Please contact the following on behalf of the ESIU/EAU if you have any questions:

Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen, Prof. MD, PhD
GPIU-study coordinator
Chairman of ESIU/EAU Urology Section,
Surgical Dept.
Telemark Hospital and University College
3906 Porsgrunn, Norway
E-mail: tebj@sthf.no

or

Kurt G. Naber, Prof. MD, PhD
Karl-Bickleder Str. 44c
94315 Straubing, Germany
E-mail: kurt@nabers.de

Meetings
The ISC Working Group on Urinary Tract Infections has (co-)organized the following meetings and symposia:

Publications

2008 publication

European and Asian guidelines on management and prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. P. Tenke, B. Kovacs, T.E. Bjerklund, Johansen, T. Matsumoto, P.A. Tambyah, K.G. Naber. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents (2008) S68 – S78.
The ISC Working Group on UTI has collaborated with the following bodies to publish the guidelines detailed above:

European Association of Urology
European Society for Infections in Urology
Urological Association of Asia
Asian Association of UTI / STD
Western Pacific Society for Chemotherapy
Federation of European Societies for Chemotherapy and Infection

For a copy of the publication, please click here.

UTI Commission Symposia

The proceedings of the UTI Commission symposia were published either as a separate booklet or, more often, as a supplement to a scientific journal. The intention of these publications is to discuss the various aspects of UTI on a broad international base, to achieve a widely accepted consensus concerning management and clinical studies and to come to a growing bibliography on this subject, which could be useful for the daily clinical decisions to be made.

To see proceedings of previous symposia that have been published, please click here. For further information on ISC meetings go to:

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