Bacteraemia Infections and Infestations Bacterial infection of unspecified site
Conditions
Interventions
The enrolled participants will provide a urine sample prior to the start of their procedure. They will then have an intravenous cannula inserted aseptically, preferably in their antecubital fossa. Th
Sponsors
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults (18 years onwards) 2. Both male and female (male only for the transurethral resection of the prostate [TURP] cohort) 3. Patient undergoing TURP, extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy and urinary catheter change at the Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Age less than 18 years 2. Not competent to consent for enrolment in the study 3. Signs and symptoms of ongoing infection (of any source) at presentation to the hospital 4. Use of systemic antibiotics within the 2 weeks of presentation to the hospital 5. Recent (within 2 weeks) instrumentation of the urological tract (not including urethral or suprapubic catheterisation) 6. Patient with poor veins, leading to difficult venous cannulation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Presence of bacteraemia, assessed at time of culture and PCR | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Development of infective endocarditis. A year after obtaining the samples, participants will be contacted by phone or mail to see whether they have suffered an episode of infection in that year which required hospital admission. If that is the case, the hospital notes of the said patients will be obtained and data collected from the notes about the said episode of infection. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed