Antibiotics and nephrostomy tube care: preliminary observations. Part I. Bacteriuria. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The authors sought to establish whether bacteriuria or candiduria would develop in patients with a noninfected, obstructed renal collecting system after placement of a percutaneous nephrostomy tube. Tubes were placed in 27 sterile systems in 25 patients. Urine was cultured at 7-10-day intervals, and urinalysis was performed. Bacteriuria and pyuria were defined on the basis of laboratory values of greater than or equal to 10(4) colony-forming units per milliliter and greater than or equal to five white blood cells per high-powered field, respectively. Twenty-two systems were followed until all demonstrated multiple organisms. No clinical symptoms were related to bacteriuria.

publication date

  • September 1, 1989

Research

keywords

  • Bacteriuria
  • Nephrostomy, Percutaneous

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0024730036

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1148/172.3.1041

PubMed ID

  • 2672102

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 172

issue

  • 3 Pt 2