[Empirical treatment of urinary infections in urologic surgery].
Emergency prescription of empirical antibiotic therapy is justified in a context of febrile urinary tract infection, or to shorten the preoperative period in a hospitalised infected patient. The severity of the infection, its origin (community or nosocomial), morphological characteristics of the bacteria on direct examination, and urinary dip-stick data must be taken into account to select the most appropriate antibiotic while waiting for the antibiotic susceptibility test results.
Corsia
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Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Van Glabeke
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Conort
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P
Faure
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Di Maria
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S
Richard
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F
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*