A pilot randomized double‐blind placebo‐controlled trial on the use of antibiotics on urinary catheter removal to reduce the rate of urinary tract infection: the pitfalls of ciprofloxacin

Abstract

The risk of UTI (both symptomatic and asymptomatic) after removing a urethral catheter is real, even in absence of catheter-associated UTI before removal. UTIs occurring after removing a short-term urinary catheter had a high rate of resistance to ciprofloxacin. There was no detectable significant benefit in using prophylactic ciprofloxacin to reduce the UTI rate after catheter removal.