title: Prospective randomized open study between ciprofloxacin and a combination of sulfadiazine and trimethoprim in antibiotic prophylaxis in connection with transurethral prostatectomy.
abstract: A randomized open prospective study with antibodies was conducted on 398 cases of TURP to compare the efficacy of either 250 mg of ciprofloxacin twice daily (CF) or 500 mg/160mg of sulfadiazine-trimethroprim twice daily (ST) in the prevention of urinary and other infection complications. The medication was started on the evening preceding the operation and continued up to the day following the removal of an indwelling catheter. The preoperative risk factors were similar in both groups. The groups did not differ in terms of the duration of the operation, the volume of irrigation fluid or the weight of the resected chips. The incidence of immediate complications was 26% in the CF group and 20% in the ST group. All the complications were minor. There were three serious late complications, one intertervertebral discitis and one coxitis in the CF group and one endocarditis in the ST group. The patient with endocarditis died. One the removal of the indwelling catheter on the third postoperative day, bacteriuria was detected in 3% of the patients in the CF group and in 9% in the ST group. The difference was statistically significant (p < 0.05). One month after TURP, bacteriuria was detected in 7% in both study groups. It is concluded that ciprofloxacin may be more effective to preventing immediate urinary tract infections after TURP than a combination of sulfadiazine and trimethoprim. There were three serious late complications. As late as one month after TURP, bacteriuria was still diagnosed in about 7% of all patients, which is post-TURP monitoring of urinary values is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Oulu University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lukkarinen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hellström
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leppilahti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kontturi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tammela
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000892:Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011292:Premedication; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011897:Random Allocation; D013411:Sulfadiazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000892:Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D004338:Drug Combinations; D013411:Sulfadiazine; D014295:Trimethoprim; C024873:sulfadiazine, trimethoprim drug combination; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides