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A pilot randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial on the use of antibiotics on urinary catheter removal to reduce the rate of urinary tract infection: the pitfalls of ciprofloxacin |
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| Authors: | Wazait Hassan D Patel Hitenddra R van der Meulen Jan H P Ghei Maneesh Al-Buheissi Salah Kelsey Michael Miller Ronald A Emberton Mark |
| Affiliation: | Clinical Effectiveness Unit, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK. hwazait@hotmail.com |
| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To assess if a short course of antibiotics starting at the time of the removing a short-term urethral catheter decreases the incidence of subsequent urinary tract infection (UTI). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients across specialities with a urethral catheter in situ for >/= 48 h and |
| Keywords: | catheter urinary tract infections nosocomial infection |
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