Open AccessCost-effectiveness of culture-guided antimicrobial prophylaxis for the prevention of infections after prostate biopsy
Author(s) -
Chi Kong Li,
Brian C.Y. Tong,
Joyce H. S. You
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.12.005
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotic prophylaxis , prostate biopsy , antimicrobial , prostate , cost effectiveness , cost effectiveness analysis , biopsy , antibiotics , surgery , chemistry , risk analysis (engineering) , organic chemistry , cancer , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Clinical findings suggest that the use of rectal culture-guided antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the infection rate following transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TRUSBx).
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