Results
No statistically significant differences were observed in baseline characteristics between the experimental and control groups. Biofilm-forming bacterial colonization was identified in 49 individuals (24.5%). The colonization rate was significantly lower in the experimental group (17/100, 17%) than in the control group (32/100, 32%) (χ² = 6.082, P = 0.014). The experimental group demonstrated statistically significant improvements over the control group in preventing ureteral stent syndrome, reducing postoperative pyrexia incidence, decreasing urine leukocyte esterase positivity rate, lowering urinary leukocyte count, alleviating postoperative pain (assessed using a numerical rating scale), and improving SF-36 health survey quality-of-life scores (all P < 0.05). The three most frequently isolated pathogens were Escherichia coli (E. coli) (n = 17, 34.7%), Staphylococcus aureus (n = 8, 16.3%), and Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 5, 10.2%). Antimicrobial susceptibility testing demonstrated that Gram-negative bacilli exhibited high-level resistance to ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, cefazolin, cefuroxime, and ceftriaxone. In contrast, these isolates remained highly susceptible to β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations (cefoperazone/sulbactam and piperacillin/tazobactam), carbapenems (meropenem, imipenem, and ertapenem), cefotetan, nitrofurantoin, and fosfomycin. Gram-positive cocci exhibited high-level resistance to oxacillin, penicillin G, cefoxitin, and erythromycin. Conversely, these isolates demonstrated consistently high susceptibility to linezolid, vancomycin, tigecycline, and rifampicin. Fungal isolates showed high susceptibility to itraconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole, 5-fluorouracil, and amphotericin B.