Antibiotics and nephrostomy tube care: preliminary observations. Part I. Bacteriuria.
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.
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Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02902.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000209:etiology*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D011776:Pyuria / Q000209:etiology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology