2030. Risk Factors for Recurrent Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tube Infections in Patients with Gynecological Malignancies


 
 
 Percutaneous nephrostomy tube infections (PCNIs) are complex, affect quality of life, necessitate implant exchanges, and increase health care costs. Here, we analyzed risk factors for recurrent PCNIs in patients treated with our standardized institutional algorithm.
 
 
 
 At our institution, we prospectively evaluated consecutive patients with gynecological malignancies who developed PCNIs between July 2019 to September 2021. All patients were treated using our institutional algorithm for PCNI, which consists of obtaining blood cultures plus urine analyses and cultures from each percutaneous nephrostomy tube (PCN); utilizing ultrasound or abdominal pelvic computed tomography scans to rule out obstructive hydronephrosis, pyelonephritis, or renal abscess; exchanging the PCN once patients are receiving concordant antimicrobial therapy; and having patients complete an adequate course of targeted antimicrobials. Thereafter, patients were followed up until reinfection, routine PCN exchange at 3 months, being lost to follow-up, or death.
 
 
 
 We treated 100 patients. Their median age was 54 years; 53% were White. The most common malignancies were cervical (61%), ovarian (23%), and endometrial (13%), with 60% being metastatic. To analyze the risk factors for developing a recurrent PCNI, patients were placed in 3 different groups: those reinfected with the same organism (19%), reinfected with a different organism (17%), and not reinfected (64%). Overall, there were no differences among the patient groups regarding demographics, comorbidities, clinical presentation, infection timing, PCN exchange (Table 1) or microorganisms encountered (Table 2). However, patients with prior radiation therapy or pelvic fistulas (urinary-vaginal-rectal or their permutations) had higher rates for developing a recurrent PCNIs with the same organism (P< .002).
 
 
 
 Patients with prior radiation therapy and underlying pelvic fistulas have an increased risk for reinfection with the same pathogen. Therefore, further studies should be performed to mitigate this increased risk of recurrent infections with more frequent PCN exchanges or, more invasive procedure such as ureteral embolization, sclerosis, or ligation to dissociate the upper and lower urinary tracts.
 
 
 
 All Authors: No reported disclosures.
