Infection Rate after Transperineal Prostate Biopsy with and without Prophylactic Antibiotics: Results from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Comparative Studies

Authors :: Giacomo Maria Pirola
Simone Scarcella
Peter Ka-Fung Chiu
Yu Xi Terence Law
Marcelo Langer Wroclawski
Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh
Erica Chan
Daniele Castellani
Vineet Gauhar
Carlo Giulioni
Marilena Gubbiotti
Emanuele Rubilotta
Source :: Journal of Urology. 207:25-34
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2022.
Abstract: Purpose:We performed a systematic review comparing the incidence of infectious complications following transperineal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TPB) in cases utilizing antibiotic prophylaxi...

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Prostate biopsy
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.drug_class
Urology
Incidence (epidemiology)
Antibiotics
medicine.disease
Infection rate
Sepsis
Meta-analysis
Biopsy
Medicine
Transperineal Prostate Biopsy
Radiology
business

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