Multifaceted Treatment of Catheter-related Urinary Tract Infection

By obtaining a urine culture from a newly inserted catheter we hope to find the true urinary pathogen. In so doing we feel a shorter but pathogen specific course of antibiotic therapy will more successfully prevent urinary tract infection relapse.

Patients entered into this arm of the study will receive the standard duration of antibiotic therapy, which will be determined by urine culture results obtained from existing urinary catheter.