Improved detection of microbial ureteral stent colonisation by sonication.
Bonkat
Gernot
G
Department of Urology, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 21, 4031, Basel, Switzerland. bonkatg@uhbs.ch
Rieken
Malte
M
Rentsch
Cyrill A
CA
Wyler
Stephen
S
Feike
Antje
A
Schäfer
Juliane
J
Gasser
Thomas
T
Trampuz
Andrej
A
Bachmann
Alexander
A
Widmer
Andreas F
AF
D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D020878:Device Removal; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013010:Sonication / Q000379:methods*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015607:Stents / Q000382:microbiology*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications