title: Bacteriologic surveillance of indwelling urinary catheters in pediatric intensive care unit patients.
abstract: Daily cultures were obtained from the proximal tubing port on 108 indwelling urinary catheters in 100 pediatric ICU (PICU) patients aged 1 month to 17 yr to establish the risk of acquiring bacteriuria. Group 1 patients (58 catheters) were catheterized in the PICU and group 2 patients (50 catheters) were catheterized in the operating room. Group 1 patients had a significantly (p less than .03) greater risk of bacteriuria than group 2 during the early days of surveillance, but the final cumulative risk in both groups was similar (27% in group 1 and 37% in group 2). Combined, the overall cumulative risk was 29.1%. The risk of acquiring a urinary tract infection was not related to sex or prior antibiotic use. There was a significantly greater risk (p less than .025) in children under 1 yr of age.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors: G F
authors: GF
authors: Kasian
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Elash
authors: L K
authors: LK
authors: Tan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000209:etiology*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*