Ann Rehabil Med.  2021 Jun;45(3):178-185. 10.5535/arm.20241.

Should We Delay Urodynamic Study When Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Have Asymptomatic Pyuria?

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea
  • 2Department of Nursing, National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea

Abstract


Objective
To assess the incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) with post-urodynamic study (post-UDS) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and study its relationship with pre-UDS pyuria.
Methods
Patients with SCI who were hospitalized and underwent UDS during a 4-year period were reviewed. Patients with pre-test lower urinary tract symptoms were excluded. Urinalysis and urine culture were performed before and 24 hours after UDS. Prophylactic antibiotics were administered for 5 days starting from the morning of the UDS. UTI was defined as bacteriuria with accompanying symptoms.
Results
Of 399 patients reviewed, 209 (52.4%) had pyuria in pre-UDS urinalysis, and 257 (64.4%) had bacteriuria in pre-UDS culture. Post-UDS UTI occurred in 6 (1.5%) individuals who all complained of fever: 5 (2.4%) of the post-UDS UTI cases occurred in patients with pre-UDS pyuria, and 1 (0.5%) in a person without. The differences between groups were not statistically significant (p=0.218). Of 221 patients with bacteriuria (gram-negative isolates) on pre-UDS culture, resistance to ciprofloxacin, cephalosporin, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMT) was noted in 52.9% (117 cases), 57.0% (126 cases), and 38.9% (86 cases), respectively.
Conclusion
No difference was found in the prevalence of post-UDS UTI based on the presence of pyuria in pre-UDS urinalysis. UDS may be performed even in SCI cases of pre-UDS pyuria without increasing the prevalence of post-UDS UTI if prophylactic antibiotics are administered. TMP/SMT could be used as a first-line antibiotic for the prevention of post-UDS UTI in Korea.

Keyword

Pyuria; Bacteriuria; Urinalysis; Urodynamics; Spinal cord injuries; Urinary tract infections

Figure

  • Fig. 1. Types of antibiotics prescribed before urodynamic study (UDS). UTI, urinary tract infection; TMP/SMT, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.

  • Fig. 2. Pre-urodynamic study results of urine culture resistance for ciprofloxacin, cephalosporin, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMT) in gram-negative isolates.


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