Journal article
Reduction in Hospital Admissions With the Addition of Prophylactic Intramuscular Ceftriaxone Before Transrectal Ultrasonography–guided Prostate Biopsies
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hospitalization rates in 2 pre-prostate biopsy antibiotic protocols.
METHODS: Two prebiopsy protocols were compared. CiproAlone required ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice daily starting 1 day before biopsy and continuing for 3 days after biopsy (4 days total). Diabetic patients were prescribed ciprofloxacin for 4 days after biopsy. CiproCeft required 1 dose of oral ciprofloxacin 500 mg 1 hour before the biopsy and …
Authors
Luong B; Danforth T; Visnjevac O; Suraf M; Duff M; Chevli KK
Journal
Urology, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 511–516
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.urology.2014.10.047
ISSN
0090-4295