Infection after transrectal core biopsies of the prostate - Risk factors and antibiotic prophylaxis

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 851-855

  Acs, G ^a,b   Ahlgren, G ^a,b   Bergdahl, S ^a,b   Hugosson, J ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Core biopsy; Infection; Prostate; Risk factor; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

NORFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORFLOXACIN; PROSTATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030434020     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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