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Bacteraemia Resulting from Prostatic Surgery: the Source of Bacteria
Author(s) -
ROBINSON M. R. G.,
ARUDPRAGASAM S. T.,
SAHGAL S. M.,
CROSS R. J.,
AKDAS A.,
FITTAL B.,
SIBBALD R.
Publication year - 1982
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.1982.tb13586.x
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , medicine , urine , incidence (geometry) , bacteremia , catheter , bacteria , urology , surgery , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , physics , genetics , optics
Summary— The purpose of this study was to identify the source of bacteria responsible for bacteraemia during and immediately following prostatic surgery. The results indicate that the same organisms responsible for both symptomatic and asymptomatic bacteraemia are more commonly cultured from the resected prostatic tissue than from other possible sources, including the pre‐operative urine sample. A pre‐operative urethral catheter increases the incidence of prostatic infection to almost 100%.