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Infectious complications can often occur after surgery performed for the
treatment of upper urinary tract stones. Previous studies have shown
that a positive preoperative bladder urine culture (PBUC) indicates an
increased possibility of postoperative infectious complication
development. However, infectious complications can occur even in the
presence of prophylactic antibiotics and a negative PBUC. The results of
the PBUC susceptibility test do not correlate well with the results of
renal pelvic urine culture (RPUC) analysis. It has been demonstrated
that growth in RPUC is an important marker for infection development
after endoscopic operations.