Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, USA.
Clean intermittent catheterization used to manage urinary retention can be complicated by urinary tract infection (UTI). This retrospective study describes the frequency of antibiotic-treated UTI in patients undergoing intermittent catheterization. Most patients did not have UTI; this supports findings in previous studies.
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Reference: Urol Nurs. 2011 Jan-Feb;31(1):41-8.
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 21542443
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