Cross-sectional internet survey exploring symptomatic urinary tract infection by type of urinary catheter in persons with spinal cord lesion in Japan.
Naritoshi SekidoMihoko MatsuokaRyosuke TakahashiAtsushi SengokuMasashi NomiFujio MatsuyamaTatsunori MurataTakeya KittaTakahiko MitsuiPublished in: Spinal cord series and cases (2023)
sUTI occurred in about 1 in 2 persons with SCL performing ISC, which was significantly higher than in the IDC group, and the frequency of sUTI in persons performing ISC was about 3 times a year. The different types of catheters used for ISC were not associated with the incidence or frequency of sUTI. Sponsorship Coloplast Japan Inc.