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ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY

Preoperative Urine Culture Testing  and the Risk of Infection in Noncardiac, Nonurological Surgical Patients

In this retrospective cohort study of patients at United States Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers who underwent major elective, noncardiac, nonurological surgeries, preoperative urine culture testing was not associated with a significant decrease in postoperative incidence of urinary tract infections or surgical site infections.