Clinical Value of a Routine Urine Culture Prior to Transrectal Prostate Biopsy

BACKGROUND: Infectious complications after a transrectal prostate biopsy may be severe. In Sweden, a routine culture prior to all prostate biopsies was introduced to enable targeted antimicrobial prophylaxis and reduce postbiopsy infections. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether a clinical routine with...

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Autores principales: Örtegren, Joakim, Wimmerstedt, Anna, Åberg, Daniel, Janson, Håkan, Kjölhede, Henrik, Kahlmeter, Gunnar, Bratt, Ola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Prostate Cancer
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9895763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36743399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2022.11.024

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9895763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36743399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2022.11.024

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