Antibiotic prophylaxis for transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate needle biopsy: Compared efficacy of ciprofloxacin vs. the ciprofloxacin/fosfomycin tromethamine combination.

CONCLUSIONS: The adoption of CIP/FOS antibiotic prophylaxis significantly lowered the rate of post-PNB urosepsis. Conveniently, this regimen is oral, single-dose, and low-cost. PMID: 32209218 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32209218?dopt=Abstract

Source: Canadian Urological Association Journal - March 22, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Morin A, Bergevin M, Rivest N, Lapointe SP Tags: Can Urol Assoc J Source Type: research