Treatment of catheter-associated Candiduria with fluconazole irrigation
Date
1995
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Blackwell Science Ltd
Abstract
Objective To examine the safety and efficacy of fluconazole in patients with a permanent nephrostomy or suprapubic catheter in the prevention of candiduria. Patients and methods Twenty patients with a nephrostomy or suprapubic catheter who had at least two positive urine cultures with a minimum of 15 000 col/mL Candida counts were studied. The catheters were irrigated with fluconazole solution prepared as 1 mg/mL with normal saline. Repeated wine cultures were obtained. Results In 17 patients Candida was eradicated from the urine by the third to sixth day of irrigation. No side-effects were noted. Conclusion Fluconazole as an irrigant is effective and safe in the treatment of catheter-associated candiduria, which can be eliminated without changing the catheter.
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Candiduria, Irrigation therapy, Fluconazole, Infections, Urology & nephrology
Citation
Şimşek, Ü. vd. (1995). ''Treatment of catheter-associated Candiduria with fluconazole irrigation''. British Journal of Urology, 75(1), 75-77.