5. Measurement of symptomatic urinary tract infection.

Study ID	Outcome as defined by trialists	Definition	When urine sample was taken	Outcome as defined by IDSA criteria
Baan 2003	UTI	≥ 1 clinical symptoms (fever, increased micturition frequency, burning pain during voidance, pain in lower abdomen); positive sediment (> 10 leukocytes); positive urine culture of > 10⁵ bacterial colonies + < 3 bacterial species	48 hours after catheter removal	Symptomatic UTI
Barry 1992 PE	UTI	No definition	Daily until catheter removal	Unknown, so collect data assuming symptomatic UTI
Dixon 2010	UTI	Catheter specimen of urine or a midstream urine specimen showing a single bacterium growing at a colony count of > 105 cfu/ml. Specimen only taken if UTI suspected on the basis of: pyrexia > 37.5° C, frequent voiding + discomfort when passing urine and positive urinalysis for leukocytes + nitrites	Preoperatively, and postoperatively if UTI suspected	Symptomatic UTI
Hakvoort 2011	UTI	> 10⁵ cfu/ml + ≥ 1 of the following: fever, urinary frequency (> 7 voids/day), dysuria, lower abdominal pain	After PVR had normalised and catheterisation had stopped	Symptomatic UTI
Korkes 2008	UTI	No definition	No information	Unknown, so collect data assuming symptomatic UTI
Kringel 2010	Symptomatic UTI	CDC definition: Indwelling urinary catheter was in place for > 2 calendar days on the date of event, with day of device placement being Day 1, AND an indwelling urinary catheter was in place on the date of event or the day before. If an indwelling urinary catheter was in place for > 2 calendar days and then removed, the UTI criteria must be fully met on the day of discontinuation or the next day. Patient has at least one of the following signs or symptoms: fever (> 38.0° C), suprapubic tenderness, costovertebral angle pain or tenderness, urinary urgency, urinary frequency, dysuria. Patient has a urine culture with no more than 2 species of organisms, at least one of which is a bacteria of ≥ 10⁵ cfu/ml.	4th postoperative day	Symptomatic UTI
Ratnaval 1996	UTI	No definition	Prior to removal of catheter and if participants developed urinary symptoms after catheter removal	Unknown, so collect data assuming symptomatic UTI
Schiotz 1989	UTI	Bacteriuria > 105 organisms/ml AND ≥ 1 of following: dysuria, pain, fever (rectal temp > 38.5° C measured twice), rigors, sepsis	Preoperatively, at catheter removal and at follow‐up 6 ‐ 8 weeks postoperatively	Symptomatic UTI
Tang 2006	symptomatic UTI	Fever in the absence of other sites of infection with or without symptoms of dysuria or suprapubic discomfort on day 14	1st and 14th days	Symptomatic UTI

PVR: post‐void residual