title: Septicemia after transurethral prostatectomy.
abstract: Septicemia occurred in 18 of 1,604 patients subjected to transurethral resection (TUR) of the prostate. Six patients died postoperatively, 4 of septicemia. In 11 patients septicemia was provoked by TUR in the presence of urinary infection and in the absence of appropriate antibiotic cover. Septicemia was provoked by catheter removal in 2 similarly infected patients. In the remaining 5 patients the urine was sterile at operation but became infected prior to catheter removal, and this maneuver precipitated septicemia.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012306:Risk; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications