Abstract | PURPOSE: MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 176 patients with spina bifida participated in a randomized controlled trial (ISRCTN trial number 56278131) of either continuation or discontinuation of low dose chemoprophylaxis. During the 18-month study period biweekly urine samples were evaluated for leukocyturia and bacteriuria with dipsticks and cultures. Asymptomatic significant bacteriuria (positive culture results without clinical symptoms) and urinary tract infections (significant bacteriuria with clinical symptoms and leukocyturia) were analyzed. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Bas Zegers, Cuno Uiterwaal, Jan Kimpen, Jan van Gool, Tom de Jong, Pauline Winkler-Seinstra, Saskia Houterman, Carla Verpoorten, Catharine de Jong-de Vos van Steenwijk |
Journal | The Journal of urology
(J Urol)
Vol. 186
Issue 6
Pg. 2365-70
(Dec 2011)
ISSN: 1527-3792 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22019031
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2011 American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Catheter-Related Infections
(prevention & control)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Intermittent Urethral Catheterization
- Male
- Prospective Studies
- Single-Blind Method
- Spinal Dysraphism
(complications)
- Urinary Tract Infections
(etiology, prevention & control)
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