CAGS and ACS evidence based reviews in surgery. Is there a role for prophylactic antibiotics in the prevention of urinary tract infections following Foley catheter removal in patients having abdominal surgery?

Collaborators

Members of the Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group:
N N Baxter, K J Brasel, C J Brown, P Chaudhury, C S Cutter, C M Divino, E Dixon, L Dubois, G W N Fitzgerald, H J A Henteleff, A W Kirkpatrick, S Latosinsky, A R MacLean, T M Mastracci, R S McLeod, A M Morris, L A Neumayer, L K Temple, M E McKenzie

Comment

C Suzanne Cutter et al. Can J Surg. 2011 Jun.

. 2011 Jun;54(3):206-8.

doi: 10.1503/cjs.009911.

Members of the Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group:
N N Baxter, K J Brasel, C J Brown, P Chaudhury, C S Cutter, C M Divino, E Dixon, L Dubois, G W N Fitzgerald, H J A Henteleff, A W Kirkpatrick, S Latosinsky, A R MacLean, T M Mastracci, R S McLeod, A M Morris, L A Neumayer, L K Temple, M E McKenzie

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Comment on

Antibiotic prophylaxis at urinary catheter removal prevents urinary tract infections: a prospective randomized trial.
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