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RESEARCH PRODUCT

MP43-14 COMPARISON BETWEEN QUINOLONES AND OTHER ANTIBIOTICS IN PREVENTING INFECTIVE COMPLICATIONS IN TRANSRECTAL PROSTATE BIOPSY

Riccardo BartolettiEttore DalmassoCarlo PavoneAlchiede SimonatoVincenzo FicarraDavide BaiamonteP. MannoneGabriele TuloneAlberto AbrateMarco VellaR. AimarVincenzo SerrettaNino Dispensa

subject

medicine.medical_specialtyProstate biopsymedicine.diagnostic_testmedicine.drug_classbusiness.industryUrologyIncidence (epidemiology)Antibioticsmedicine.diseaseSurgerySepsismedicinebusinessBiopsy procedureANTIBIOTICSTransrectal Prostate Biopsy

description

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:Sepsis is one of the most feared complications of prostate biopsy: it’s incidence is 1-3%. Prevention of infection after biopsy procedure consists in prophylactic antibio...

10.1097/ju.0000000000002064.14http://hdl.handle.net/10447/518337