Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, Urinary Catheters and Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infections in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Joint Replacement: A Position Paper of the Expert Group 'Infection' of <em>swissorthopaedics</em>

Sendi, Parham; Borens, Olivier; Wahl, Peter; Clauss, Martin; Uçkay, Ilker

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Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, Urinary Catheters and Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infections in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Joint Replacement: A Position Paper of the Expert Group 'Infection' of swissorthopaedics

Parham Sendi, Olivier Borens, Peter Wahl, Martin Clauss, and Ilker Uçkay

Parham Sendi

Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern;

Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern;

Olivier Borens

Orthopedic Septic Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne;

Peter Wahl

Division for Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Switzerland;

Martin Clauss

Clinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery and Interdisciplinary Septic Surgical Unit, Kantonsspital Baselland Liestal, Switzerland;

Ilker Uçkay

Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva;

Orthopedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

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