Efficacy of two-time prophylactic intravenous administration of tazobactam/piperacillin for transrectal ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the prostate

Efficacy of two-time prophylactic intravenous administration of tazobactam/piperacillin for transrectal ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the prostate

Background: Prevalence of fluoroquinolone (FQ)-resistant Escherichia coli has been recently increasing worldwide. We analyzed the incidence and characteristics of acute bacterial prostatitis after transrectal ultrasound-guided needle prostate biopsy (TRUSP-Bx) with prophylactic tazobactam/piperacill...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Iwamoto, Kazuyoshi Shigehara, Tohru Miyagi, Takao Nakashima, Masayoshi Shimamura, Mikio Namiki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:Prostate International
Subjects:
Acute bacterial prostatitis
Piperacillin/tazobactam
Prostate biopsy
Rectal disinfection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287888215000434

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