International urology and nephrology
Discordance between preoperative urine culture and intraoperative stone/pelvis culture as a predictor of post-PCNL sepsis: a single-center retrospective analysis for targeted antibiotic stewardship.
Numan Alam, Ghulam Yaseen, Mumtaz Ali Chandio, Riaz Ali Khan, Muhammad Farhan Nasir, Elham Shenawa
Published: 202610.1007/s11255-026-05010-w
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of preoperative midstream urine culture (PMUC) against intraoperative stone and pelvic urine cultures, and to determine if culture discordance independently predicts sepsis following percutaneous nephrolit…
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