A Comparative Study of Catheter-tip Culture with Foley Catheters of Different Materials.
- Author:
Yong Kil KIM
1
;
Tae Hyung WOO
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Seoul Adventist Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Comparative Study ; Original Article
- Keywords:
Foley catheter;
culture
- MeSH:
Candida;
Catheterization;
Catheters*;
Catheters, Indwelling;
Humans;
Klebsiella pneumoniae;
Latex;
Male;
Proteus;
Pseudomonas aeruginosa;
Silicones;
Staphylococcus aureus;
Urinary Tract Infections
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1986;27(6):846-852
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In the recent 2 years, we performed 116 Foley catheter-tip(48 cases of latex, 35 cases of 100% silicone, 33 cases of Silastic) cultures from the male patients who did not have lower urinary tract infection before catheterization. The following result were obtained: 1. The overall positive culture rate of rather-tip culture was 35.3%, and the positive culture rate of urine aspirated from proximal catheter wall just before removal of catheter was 20.6%. 2. The most common microorganism was E-coli in 29.3% and followed by Proteus spp. in 14.7%, Pseudomonas aeruginosa in 12.2%, Klebsiella pneumoniae in 9.8%, Staphylococcus aureus in 7.3%, Candida tropical in 7.3% in orders. 3. In comparison with duration of catheterization, the positive culture rates of catheter-tip of 3 different materials removed within one day were similarly low from 0 th 12%. However, the positive culture rate was much increased in latex-tip (70%) than silicone-tip (23%) and Silastic-tip (14.3%) which were removed between 2 to 4 days. More than 5 days of indwelling catheterization, the positive culture rates were latex-tip in 100%, silicone-tip in 47% and Silastic-tip in 57.1%.
