[Iatrogenic urinary tract infection in cystometry (author's transl)]

The present paper reviews the risk of infection with particular reference to cystometry. Cystomanometric studies were performed in 71 children with chronic recurrent urinary tract infections and 40 children with neurogenic micturition disorders with meningomyelocele. Our results show that short-term catheterization in cystometry leads to a considerable risk of infection. In 10% of the cystometries children developed new infections. The infection risk decidedly depends less on the nature of the intervention than on the individual disposition. Antibiotic therapy seems to have little influence on the risk of infection.