Overuse of antimicrobial prophylaxis in low-risk patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate.

CONCLUSION: A low adherence to guidelines for low-risk patients undergoing TURP or PVP was reported. Given these preliminary data, there is an urgent need to monitor adherence to antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines in urology to reduce antimicrobial resistance rates. PMID: 29473939 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29473939?dopt=Abstract

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - February 23, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Bausch K, Roth JA, Seifert HH, Widmer AF Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research