Article ; Online: Clinical significance of DJ stent culture in patients with indwelling ureteral stents prior to endourological intervention.
2020 Volume 89, Issue 1, Page(s) 75–78
Abstract: Background: Ureteral stents are placed to relieve ureteral obstruction in various endourological surgery. As soon as it is inserted it is rapidly colonized by host of microorganism. Culture and sensitivity pattern of these growing microorganism on the ... ...
| Abstract | Background: Ureteral stents are placed to relieve ureteral obstruction in various endourological surgery. As soon as it is inserted it is rapidly colonized by host of microorganism. Culture and sensitivity pattern of these growing microorganism on the stent may provide us an insight to treat postoperative urosepsis in high risk patients with indwelling DJ stents. Materials and methods: Prospective study between September 2018 and August 2019 with enrollment of 100 patients to determine the ability of urine culture (UC) to predict stent culture (SC) status, to identify associated infectious pathogens with their antibiotic sensitivity patterns and to evaluate the association between SC and post-endourological intervention sepsis. Results: Colonization of bacteria on stent culture (SC) was identified in 53 out of 100 patients (53%). Most of the organism grown on SC were multidrug resistant and they were resistant to most commonly prescribed antibiotics like fluroquinolones, cephalosporins, and aminoglycosides .These organisms were only sensitive to newer antibiotics. Indwelling time of ureteral stent was directly proportional with SC positivity ( Conclusion: Very low rates of colonization within 6 weeks after the insertion of stents. Sterile culture of urine does not rule out colonization of the stent. Most of the urinary pathogens as well as the organisms grown on DJ stent are resistant to fluroquinolones and cephalosporins. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Prospective Studies ; Stents ; Ureter/surgery ; Ureteral Obstruction ; Urinary Tract Infections |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-10-06 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 204043-8 |
| ISSN | 1724-6075 ; 0376-0057 ; 0391-5603 |
| ISSN (online) | 1724-6075 |
| ISSN | 0376-0057 ; 0391-5603 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0391560320962400 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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