Antimicrobial agents for preventing urinary tract infections in adults undergoing cystoscopy

This review of 20 RCTs and two quasi ‐RCTs (n=7711) comparing antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) with placebo/no treatment found that based on low/very low‐quality evidence, AP may reduce the risk of symptomatic UTI but not systemic UTIs, without increasing serious and minor adverse events.
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