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BACTEREMIA FOLLOWING RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY
Author(s) -
MARSHALL A.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1961.tb11580.x
Subject(s) - medicine , convalescence , bacteremia , radical retropubic prostatectomy , prostatectomy , surgery , incidence (geometry) , urology , prostate , cancer , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics
SUMMARY1 A bacteriological study of fifty patients undergoing retropubic prostatectomy is presented, with special reference to post‐operative bacteraemia. 2 In the presence of infected urine a positive blood culture was found in 82 per cent, of thirty‐four patients following retropubic prostatectomy, and it was found to remain positive in a number of cases for periods varying from two to five hours. 3 The bacteriological flora found in blood, urine, external meatus, and prostatic cavity in these cases are described. 4 The post‐operative courses of patients with negative and positive blood cultures are compared, as also are the post‐operative courses of a group of patients who had a bacteremia lasting less than two hours and a group with a more protracted bacterasmia. 5 In this series protracted bacteremia was a feature of those patients whose convalescence tended to be unduly long and complicated. 6 The relation of pre‐operative catheter drainage to post‐operative bacteremia is discussed. 7 It is suggested that bacteremia, especially when protracted, is an important factor in initiating infective complications following retropubic prostatectomy and an indication is given of further study being made to lessen its incidence.