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Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Urinary Tract Infection in Patients Requiring Catheterization After Urogynecologic Surgery (STOPP UTI)
This is a study of patients undergoing gynecologic surgery who require post-operative catheterization to determine if prophylactic antibiotic treatment decreases the risk of post-operative urinary tract infection in these patients.
Details
| Lead sponsor | Duke University |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 4 |
| Status | COMPLETED |
| Enrolment | 163 |
| Start date | 2011-08 |
| Completion | 2013-09 |
Conditions
- Urinary Tract Infection
Interventions
- Nitrofurantoin
- Placebo
Primary outcomes
- Urinary Tract Infections — three weeks post-operative
The primary outcome was treatment for UTI within the first 3 weeks after surgery. Treatment for UTI was defined to include any treatment received for clinically suspected or culture-proven urinary tract infection within 3 weeks of surgery. Clinically suspected treatment was defined to include treatment given empirically upon development of urinary symptoms or prescribed based on urine test results. Culture-proven UTI was defined as a urine culture with greater than 100,000 colony-forming units of a single organism.
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United States