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SUMMARY Eighty‐two patients have been investigated for bacteræmia following prostatectomy. In only six was a positive culture obtained. The most common offending organism was B. proteus , both as regards urinary infection and the bacteræmia. The bacteræmia was found only in those patients who had pre‐operative catheter drainage. The bacteræmia may be prolonged and even proceed to septicæmia. No case with a sterile urine developed a bacteræmia.
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