Effect of 1% mandelic acid as a bladder irrigation fluid in patients with in-dwelling catheters.
The effect of 1% mandelic acid bladder washouts on 40 patients who were using in-dwelling catheters was studied. The procedure appeared to benefit those colonised with Pseudomonas species but not those colonised with Proteus species. The subject of bladder irrigation is briefly reviewed.
Robertson
M H
MH
Control of Infection Nurse, Herts.
Norton
M S
MS
D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D008333:Mandelic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011511:Proteus / Q000187:drug effects*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000187:drug effects*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000382:microbiology*
D008333:Mandelic Acids