Is the current antibiotic prophylaxis policy in transrectal prostate biopsy still safe?

Thompson, Peter M

Is the current antibiotic prophylaxis policy in transrectal prostate biopsy still safe? [electronic resource] - BJU international Jul 2009 - 271-2 p. digital

Publication Type: Comment; Letter

1464-410X

10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08750_4.x doi


Anti-Bacterial Agents--therapeutic use
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Biopsy, Needle--adverse effects
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Humans
Male
Prostate--pathology
Sepsis--etiology