Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy: is antibiotic prophylaxis necessary?

Antibiotic prophylaxis for transrectal needle biopsy of the prostate: a randomized controlled study

2000 • 310 citations

Single-dose oral ciprofloxacin versus placebo for prophylaxis during transrectal prostate biopsy

1998 • 257 citations

Systematic Sextant Biopsies in 651 Patients Referred for Prostate Evaluation

1994 • 156 citations

Transrectal Ultrasound Examination of the Prostate: Complications and Acceptance by Patients

1993 • 152 citations

Infection after transrectal core biopsies of the prostate

1996 • 152 citations

Systematic Prostatic Biopsies in 100 Men with No Suspicion of Cancer on Digital Rectal Examination

1991 • 139 citations

THE PROCEDURE OF TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED BIOPSY OF THE PROSTATE: A SURVEY OF PATIENT PREPARATION AND BIOPSY TECHNIQUE

2002 • 139 citations

Variability in patient preparation for prostate biopsy among American urologists

1998 • 136 citations

Morbidity of ultrasound‐guided transrectal core biopsy of the prostate without prophylactic antibiotic therapy. A prospective study in 415 cases

1997 • 123 citations

Transrectal biopsy of the prostate and bacteraemia

1980 • 67 citations

A Double-Blind Study of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Prophylaxis in Patients Having Transrectal Needle Biopsy of the Prostate

1979 • 62 citations

Efficacy of prophylactic antimicrobial regimens in preventing infectious complications after transrectal biopsy of the prostate

1990 • 61 citations

The use of prophylactic antibiotics in ultrasound-guided transrectal prostate biopsy

1997 • 51 citations

Anaerobic Infection as a Consequence of Transrectal Prostatic Biopsy

1978 • 45 citations

Prophylaxis against systemic infection after transrectal biopsy for suspected prostatic carcinoma.

1978 • 43 citations

Urinary Tract Infection After Transrectal Needle Biopsy of the Prostate

1982 • 30 citations

A Randomized Comparative Study of the Prophylactic Use of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Versus Netilmycin-Metronidazole in Transrectal Prostatic Biopsy

1991 • 25 citations

Anaerobic Septicemia After Transrectal Prostatic Biopsy

1978 • 24 citations

Povidone-iodine antisepsis for transrectal prostatic biopsy.

1980 • 20 citations

THE PROCEDURE OF TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED BIOPSY OF THE PROSTATE:

2002 • 15 citations

Safety of transrectal prostatic biopsy through double-glove technique without antibiotic prophylaxis

1992 • 14 citations