Empirical treatment of urinary tract infection in urological surgery

Emergency prescription of empirical antibiotic therapy is justified in a co ntext of febrile urinary tract infection, or to shorten the preoperative pe riod in a hospitalised infected patient. The severity of the infection, its origin (community or nosocomial), morphological characteristics of the bac teria on direct examination, and urinary dip-stick data must be taken into account to select the most appropriate antibiotic while waiting for the ant ibiotic test results.