Circumcision and periurethral carriage of Proteus mirabilis in boys.
Open Access
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 63 (5) , 556-557
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.63.5.556
Abstract
Swabs were taken for culture from the periurethral area and urethral meatus in 124 uncircumcised and 60 circumcised boys. Proteus mirabilis was grown from 28 (22.6%) swabs from uncircumcised boys and from only one (1.7%) swab from circumcised boys. This supports the idea that the prepuce may be the source of proteus urinary tract infection.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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