The Results of the Paper by Westhoff et al. "Prospective Evaluation of Antibiotic Management in Ureteral Stent and Nephrostomy Interventions" Should Encourage Proper Use of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Nephrostomy Tube Replacement.

Eight patients did not require medical evaluation nor antibiotic treatment as fever resolved spontaneously, 8 cases were managed with an oral antimicrobial therapy and 1 patient required hospitalization and intravenous antimicrobial therapy. Between 2018 and 2019, we prospectively evaluated the incidence of infectious complications in 39 patients undergoing routine office nephrostomy tube replacement performed without any antimicrobial prophylaxis. [Extracted from the article]