Do you test and treat asymptomatic bacteriuria prior to urologic procedures and surgeries?
Weighing prevention of infection vs causing harm if treating colonization. Any data beyond expert opinion to guide this?
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Urology · Cedars-Sinai
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Yes, I treat. One of the few reasons to treat asymptomatic bacteriuria is elective surgery, in addition to pregnancy and immunosuppression.
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Urology · Wake Forest Baptist Health University
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Yes. One of the two indications for testing and testing asymptomatic bacteriuria is upcoming urologic procedures and I do for all of my patients. The other one is pregnancy.
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