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Abstract

Introduction


About 42-44% of bacterial growth in prostatic tissue occurs in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Pre-existing urinary tract infection is not a reliable indicator by which this group can be identified and treated pre-operatively.1,2 Twenty five percent of patients undergoing prostatectomy for BPH have bacteriuria.3 We see large number of patients in our clinic, presenting with retention of urine. Due to long waiting lists, these patients remain with indwelling catheter for long time which increases the chances of bacteriuria and morbidity of TURP. We performed this study to assess the frequency of intraprostatic tissue infection and bacteriuria in catheterized and non-catheterized group as well as post-operative morbidity of TURP in a local setting.