title: The source of organisms in the post-prostatectomy bacteriuria of patients with pre-operative sterile urine.
abstract: Ninety patients undergoing prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) with sterile urine pre-operatively were prospectively studied for post-prostatectomy bacteriuria; 26 of 90 patients (29%) developed bacteriuria (18 of 64 after transurethral resection (TUR) and 8 of 26 after open prostatectomy), of whom 15 had pre-operative indwelling urethral catheters. The correlation of bacteriuria with several factors was studied, namely the presence of a histological inflammatory reaction within the prostatic adenoma, prostatic culture, intra-operative outgoing irrigation fluid culture, intra-operative blood culture and post-operative external meatal swab culture. The only significant correlation was between bacteriuria and meatal cultures. It was concluded that post-prostatectomy bacteriuria is probably caused by post-operative ascending infection along urethral catheters. There was not enough evidence to ascribe bacteriuria to pre-existing septic foci within the adenoma. Intra-operative contamination and infection from distant foci were also unlikely causes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University (Abha Branch), Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Bilal
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gommaa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology; D011467:Prostate / Q000382:microbiology; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization