Should an asymptomatic patient with an abnormal urinalysis (bacteriuria or pyuria) be treated with antibiotics prior to major joint replacement surgery?

Anitha Rajamanickam, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Saira Noor, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Ali Usmani, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Correspondence: Anitha Rajamanickam, MD, Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, S70, Cleveland, OH 44195; rajamaa@ccf.org

All authors reported that they have no commercial affiliations or financial interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.