Postoperative Urinary Infection Research Articles

Vaginal hysterectomy: A modality for therapeutic abortion and sterilization

Vaginal hysterectomy is an effective and safe procedure for the patient requiring therapeutic abortion and sterilization with or without the correction of benign gynecologic pathology. A series of 77 consecutive patients who have undergone this procedure from 1961 to 1970 at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital are reviewed. The technique of vaginal hysterectomy in the gravid patient is described. Complications are commonly associated with surgical procedures on the adnexae. Postoperative urinary infections have been significantly reduced by eliminating the use of retention catheters and vaginal packs.

Postoperative urinary infections caused by Escherichia coli.

Serological and biochemical classification of Esch. coli from the rectum and vagina of patients who developed a urinary infection after operation and the insertion of a self-retaining catheter showed that 13/20 urinary infections were caused by a type which had been present before operation in the rectum, vagina, or both.

Indwelling urinary catheterisation.

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.

Sequels of post-operative urinary infection in women: Slade, Mather, Linton, Leather, and Powell: p. 1278

Sequels of post-operative urinary infection in women: Slade, Mather, Linton, Leather, and Powell: p. 1278

Sequels of Post-operative Urinary Infection in Women

Sequels of Post-operative Urinary Infection in Women

Causes and prevention of post-operative urinary infection in female patients.

Causes and prevention of post-operative urinary infection in female patients.

The colicine typing of coliform bacilli in the study of cross-infection in urology.

Three hundred and fourteen strains of coliform bacilli (79 Klebsiella and 235 E. coli), mostly isolated from urine, were investigated for their production of, or sensitivity to, certain colicines. Only one Klebsiella strain showed colicine activity, but in 204 of the E. coli strains colicine production or sensitivity was demonstrated. Colicine typing was of considerable value in epidemiological investigations of post-operative urinary infections due to E. coli.