SynthesisBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2013
Antibiotic prophylaxis for urinary tract infections after removal of urinary catheter: meta-analysis.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Bacterial Interference for Prevention of Catheter-Associated UTI
The Efficacy and Cost-effectiveness of a 24-hour Course of metheNamine Hippurate for Preventing Post-Operative Urinary Tract Infection
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.
- Antibiotics prophylaxis at the time of catheter removal after radical prostatectomy: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis.Acta cirurgica brasileira · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents.Journal of hospital medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Perioperative fosfomycin disodium prophylaxis against urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients: a randomized clinical trial.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2020Trial
- Cranberry juice capsules and urinary tract infection after surgery: results of a randomized trial.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2015Trial
- Antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2014Trial
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- Urine culture-guided antibiotic prophylaxis reduces febrile pyelonephritis after ureteral stent removal following radical cystectomy.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- Reduction of bacterial colonization on buckling-induced wrinkled surfaces under fluid shear.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Association between platelet to lymphocyte ratio and febrile urinary tract infection after double-J stent removal in children underwent laparoscopic pyeloplasty.BMC urology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of a Ureteral Stent Removal Protocol in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review on Postoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis after Pediatric and Adult Male Urethral Reconstruction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Current Challenges and Future Prospects.Research and reports in urology · 2022Review
- Review
- Dual transcriptional analysis reveals adaptation of host and pathogen to intracellular survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa associated with urinary tract infection.PLoS pathogens · 2021Article
- A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Canephron N in Comparison to Ciprofloxacin in the Prevention of Postoperative Lower Urinary Tract Infections after Midurethral Sling Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Patients.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2020Review
- Cost-effectiveness of prophylactic antibiotic use to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections.International urogynecology journal · 2020Article
- Pathophysiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2019Review
- Impact of antibiotic prophylaxis on catheter-associated urinary tract infections during atrial fibrillation ablation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2018Article
- Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis.Australian prescriber · 2017Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether antibiotic prophylaxis at the time of removal of a urinary catheter reduces the risk of subsequent symptomatic urinary tract infection.:
designSystematic review and meta-analysis of studies published before November 2012 identified through PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library; conference abstracts for 2006-12 were also reviewed. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Studies were included if they examined antibiotic prophylaxis administered to prevent symptomatic urinary tract infection after removal of a short term (≤ 14 days) urinary catheter.
resultsSeven controlled studies had symptomatic urinary tract infection after catheter removal as an endpoint; six were randomized controlled trials (five published; one in abstract form) and one was a non-randomized controlled intervention study. Five of these seven studies were in surgical patients. Studies were heterogeneous in the type and duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis and the period of observation. Overall, antibiotic prophylaxis was associated with benefit to the patient, with an absolute reduction in risk of urinary tract infection of 5.8% between intervention and control groups. The risk ratio was 0.45 (95% confidence interval 0.28 to 0.72). The number needed to treat to prevent one urinary tract infection was 17 (12 to 30).
conclusionsPatients admitted to hospital who undergo short term urinary catheterization might benefit from antimicrobial prophylaxis when the catheter is removed as they experience fewer subsequent urinary tract infections. Potential disadvantages of more widespread antimicrobial prophylaxis (side effects and cost of antibiotics, development of antimicrobial resistance) might be mitigated by the identification of which patients are most likely to benefit from this approach.
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