Conditions: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Keywords: catheter urinary tract infection
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 52
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The study will assess the risk of catheter associated urinary tract infection in women undergoing incontinence or reconstructive pelvic surgery. Women will be given an antibiotic or placebo at the time of catheter removal. The investigators hypothesize that prophylactic antibiotics will reduce the rate of infection.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Bactrim intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Bactrim DS BID for 3 days intervention 2: Corn starch capsules

Protocol document: