The patient is an 80-year-old male living-donor kidney transplant recipient with a suprapubic catheter. Candida in the urine could be related to colonization of the catheter, especially if it has been ...

Certain surgically implanted, or suprapubic, catheters do not improve outcomes that are important for older adults’ well-being, such as functional ability and cognitive status, a study in nursing ...

Among over 450 such patients, no significant difference was observed in the rate of PUR for those who received an intraoperative catheter placement versus those who did not (9.6% vs 8.5%, respectively ...