Postoperative Urinary Tract Calculi Culture – Is it necessary in Negative Urine Culture Patients?
Abstract:Postoperative infection in urinary tract calculi (UTC) cases still become an issue. It is accounted for up to one-tenth of patients experiencing urinary tract infections. Standardized preoperative urine culture help identify bacteria and antibiotic needed for UTC patients. Nevertheless, postoperative infection occurs even though no bacteria were found in urine preoperatively. This descriptive study aims to identify bacteria in calculi. Calculi culture and antibiotic sensitivity tests were carried out in patien… Show more
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