Role of rectal swab cultures on infectious complications following transrectal prostate biopsy
Frequently used fluoroquinolone prophylaxis fails to give adequate cover because of high rate of fluoroquinolone resistance of the rectal organism. Rectal swab derived antibiotics prophylaxis can reduce post biopsy infectious complications significantly.
Authors
- Naveen Gupta
- Debansu Sarkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8929-0961)
- Kamalakanta Beheruk
Institutions
- KPC Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
- Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Urologia Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/03915603251371657
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00