Abstract
SUMMARY One hundred and six patients continuously catheterised after gynocological surgery were followed up after 9 to 15 months. The long-term urinary tract infection rate was low. Prophylactic penicillin and streptomycin were superior to the other chemotherapeutic agents used in preventing infection. Self-infection with vaginal ftora seems an important factor and the presence of urinary pathogens in the vagina seems to carry a higher risk of post-operative urinary infection. There is a gap in correlation at follow-up between clinical and bacteriological fmdings; since the latter are more critical, it is suggested that urine be examined at each follow-up visit of every patient who has had an indwelling catheter.
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