Urinary tract infection and cervical hip fracture

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Levi, N.^;

Affiliations: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Note: [] Correspondence: Dr Niels Levi, Vermlandsgade 77, Copenhagen 2300 S, Denmark.

Abstract: A total of 437 patients with 463 cervical hip fractures were analyzed to determine whether perioperative urinary tract infection was related to postoperative wound and deep infection. Approximately 27% had a urinary tract infection and 6% had a wound or deep infection (following either the primary operation or an eventual reoperation) but only in two cases was the same organisms (E. coli) cultured from the urine and the wound infection. Bacteriuria should not be considered a cause for postponement of surgical treatment of a fracture of the neck of the femur.

Journal: International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 41-44, 1998