The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 58, Issue 8 1134-1137, Copyright © 1976 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Urinary infections in total hip arthroplasty. Influences of prophylactic cephalosporins and catheterization
TL Donovan, RO Gordon and DA Nagel
We studied 359 patients retrospectively and 100 patients prospectively, all
on cephalosporin prophylaxis. Urinary infections were eight times more
frequent in catheterized patients; most were caused by Pseudomonas and
Enterobacter. One patients had acute seeding in the arthroplasty site from
a Pseudomonas urinary infection.