title: Antibiotics and nephrostomy tube care: preliminary observations. Part I. Bacteriuria.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02902.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cronan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcello
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Dorfman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Opal
mesh_terms: 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