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ArticleTurkish journal of urology2016

For reliable urine cultures in the detection of complicated urinary tract infection, do we use urine specimens obtained with urethral catheter or a nephrostomy tube?

Gülay Dede, Özcan Deveci, Onur Dede, Mazhar Utanğac, Mansur Dağgulli, Necmettin Penbegül, Namık Kemal Hatipoğlu

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Article in Turkish journal of urology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gülay DedeDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Özcan DeveciDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Onur DedeDepartment of Urology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Mazhar UtanğacDepartment of Urology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Mansur DağgulliDepartment of Urology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Necmettin PenbegülDepartment of Urology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Namık Kemal HatipoğluDepartment of Urology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Dicle University · TRDiyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this study was to compare the results of urine cultures obtained either from urethral, and percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) catheters. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis study included 328 consecutive patients that underwent PCN at our institution with complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) between July 2010 and April 2015. Results of urine cultures obtained from the urethral and nephrostomy catheters were compared.

resultsThis study included 152 male and 176 female patients. Mean age of the patients was 46.2±24.3 years. The main indications were obstructive uropathy due to urolithiasis complicated with pyonephrosis 145 (44%), malignant disease (n=87; 26%), pregnancy (n=26; 8%), and anatomical abnormality (n=23; 7%). One hundred and twenty three patients had diabetes mellitus. The most common causative organisms were

conclusionPCN is an important treatment for the management of pyonephrosis. Cultures from the PCN yield valuable information that is not available from urethral urine cultures, and is a guiding tool for antibiotic therapy selection.

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Complicated urinary tract infectionpercutaneous nephrostomy cultureurethral culture

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PMCPMC5125745
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