Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Urologic Procedures: A Systematic Review

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1999 • 2,735 citations

Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999

1999 • 2,639 citations

EAU Guidelines for the Management of Urinary and Male Genital Tract Infections<sup>1</sup>

2001 • 505 citations

COMPLICATIONS OF LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURES IN UROLOGY: EXPERIENCE WITH 2,407 PROCEDURES AT 4 GERMAN CENTERS

1999 • 322 citations

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

2000 • 310 citations

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy with ultrasonography‐guided renal access: experience from over 300 cases

2005 • 268 citations

LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE LAPAROSCOPY WORKING GROUP OF THE GERMAN UROLOGIC ASSOCIATION

1998 • 260 citations

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

1998 • 257 citations

BACTEREMIA AND BACTERIURIA AFTER TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED PROSTATE BIOPSY

2000 • 178 citations

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1998 • 166 citations

Guidelines for the Treatment of Community-acquired Pneumonia

2005 • 153 citations

Urinary tract infection and patient satisfaction after flexible cystoscopy and urodynamic evaluation

2000 • 138 citations

Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Prospective Study in 81 Patients

2002 • 138 citations

PROPHYLATIC ANTIBIOTIC USE IN TRANSURETHRAL PROSTATIC RESECTION: A META-ANALYSIS

2002 • 137 citations

Impact of Guideline-Concordant Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

2006 • 134 citations

Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection and Sepsis Following Transrectal Prostatic Biopsy

1982 • 130 citations

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS FOR TRANSURETHRAL PROSTATIC RESECTION IN MEN WITH PREOPERATIVE URINE CONTAINING LESS THAN 100,000 BACTERIA PER ML: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

2005 • 122 citations

Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Ureteroscopic Stone Removal

2003 • 98 citations

Urinary Tract Infection in Percutaneous Surgery for Renal Calculi

1986 • 95 citations

Urinary Infection Following Out‐patient Flexible Cystoscopy

1990 • 95 citations

Controversies in antibiotic prophylaxis in urology

2004 • 90 citations

Evaluation of morbidity of multi-channel pressure-flow studies

1999 • 88 citations

Antimicrobial prophylaxis prior to shock wave lithotripsy in patients with sterile urine before treatment: A meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis

1997 • 83 citations

Female urodynamics and lower urinary tract infection

2002 • 74 citations

Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in urology

2001 • 70 citations

Prospective, Randomized, Multicentric, Open, Comparative Study on the Efficacy of a Prophylactic Single Dose of 500mg Levofloxacin versus 1920mg Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole versus a Control Group in Patients Undergoing TUR of the Prostate

2005 • 69 citations

Antibiotic prophylaxis for transrectal biopsy of the prostate: a prospective randomized study of the prophylactic use of single dose oral fluoroquinolone versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

1999 • 67 citations

The Issue of Prophylactic Antibiotics prior to Flexible Cystoscopy

2001 • 62 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

Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery for Urological Cancer: A Single Institution Analysis

2007 • 60 citations

Is Antibiotic Prophylaxis Required for Flexible Cystoscopy? A Truncated Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial

2005 • 58 citations

Ciprofloxacin versus gentamicin in prophylaxis against bacteremia in transrectal prostate needle biopsy

1991 • 57 citations

Urinary tract infection after urodynamic studies in women: incidence and natural history

1999 • 56 citations

Bacteremia and bacterium after transrectal prostatic biopsy

1981 • 55 citations

Efficacy of 1-day prophylaxis medication with fluoroquinolone for prostate biopsy

2005 • 54 citations

Are Prophylactic Antibiotics Necessary during Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy?

1989 • 52 citations

Is Antibiotic Administration Indicated after Outpatient Cystoscopy

1988 • 50 citations

Randomized trial of antibiotic prophylaxis for combined urodynamics and cystourethroscopy

1999 • 46 citations

Antibiotic prophylaxis with cefotaxime in endoscopic extraction of upper urinary tract stones: a randomized study

1990 • 45 citations

The Value of Antibiotic Prophylaxis During Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy in the Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in Patients With Urine Proven Sterile Prior to Treatment

1998 • 44 citations

Effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in preventing bacteriuria after multichannel urodYnamic investigations: A blind, randomized study in 124 female patients

1991 • 43 citations

Effectiveness of ciprofloxacin prophylaxis in preventing bacteriuria caused by urodynamic study: A blind, randomized study of 192 patients

2006 • 41 citations

The Value of Antibiotic Prophylaxis during Extracorporeal ShockWave Lithotripsy in the Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in Patients with Urine Proven Sterile prior to Treatment

1997 • 40 citations

Antibiotic Prophylaxis after Instrumentation for Urodynamic Testing

1983 • 39 citations

Use of Antibiotics in the Conjunction with Extracorporeal Lithotripsy

1990 • 35 citations

Cephradine Prophylaxis in Transurethral Procedures for Carcinoma of the Bladder

1988 • 33 citations

Guidelines for the perioperative prophylaxis in urological interventions of the urinary and male genital tract

2001 • 33 citations

Incidence of Urinary Tract Infection in Patients Without Bacteriuria Undergoing SWL: Comparison of Stone Types

1998 • 33 citations

Is Antibiotic Prophylaxis Necessary for Routine Urodynamic Investigations?: A Controlled Study in 100 Patients

1988 • 32 citations

Incidence of bacteraemia after urodynamic study

2004 • 32 citations

A study of female urinary tract infection caused by urodynamic investigation

2004 • 32 citations

Amoxycillin/clavulanate prophylaxis for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy -- a comparative study

1989 • 31 citations

Antibiotic Treatment to Prevent Urinary Tract Infections after Urodynamic Evaluation

2001 • 30 citations

Urinary Tract Infection After Transrectal Needle Biopsy of the Prostate

1982 • 30 citations

Invasive Urodynamic Studies are Well Tolerated by the Patients and Associated with a Low Risk of Urinary Tract Infection

2001 • 27 citations

Morbidity and Significant Bacteriuria after Urodynamic Studies

2004 • 27 citations

Prospective Randomized Comparative Study of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Urethrocystoscopy and Urethrocystography

1998 • 25 citations

Antibiotic prophylaxis in prostate biopsy: a comparative randomized clinical assay between ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin and chloramphenicol

2003 • 24 citations

[Role of antibiotic prophylaxis in ambulatory cystoscopy].

2001 • 23 citations

[Antimicrobial prophylaxis in urethrocystoscopy. Comparative study].

1993 • 23 citations

Morbidity after ambulatory urodynamics

2002 • 22 citations

Single-dose oral ciprofloxacin compared with cefotaxime and placebo for prophylaxis during transurethral surgery

1999 • 21 citations

Morbidity of urodynamic investigation in healthy women.

2002 • 21 citations

[The value of antibiotic prophylaxis in transurethral resection of bladder tumors. Apropos of 61 cases].

1993 • 20 citations

The necessity of prophylactic antibiotics during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

1997 • 19 citations

Antibiotikaprophylaxe mit Enoxacin bei extrakorporaler Stoßwellenlithotripsie

1989 • 17 citations

[Extracorporeal lithotripsy and prophylactic antibiotic therapy].

1988 • 17 citations

Prophylactic antibiotics in transurethral resection of bladder tumors: Are they necessary?

1986 • 16 citations

Incidence of Bacteremia and Bacteriuria in Patients with Non-Infection-Related Urinary Stones Undergoing Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

1993 • 14 citations

A randomized and prospective study on the value of antibiotic prophylaxis administration in transurethral resection of the prostate

2004 • 13 citations

The Incidence Of Urinary Tract Infection In Patients Without Bacteriuria Who Underwent Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

1994 • 13 citations

Prevention of Pain and Infective Complications after Transrectal Prostate Biopsy: A Prospective Study

2006 • 12 citations

Norfloxacin Prophylaxis for Endoscopic Urological Surgery

1992 • 12 citations

When Should One Perform Shockwave Lithotripsy for Lower Caliceal Stones?

1995 • 12 citations

Antibiotic prophylaxis before extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy by single-shot application of azlocillin.

1987 • 11 citations

Prophylactic use of antimicrobials in commonly performed outpatient urologic procedures

2006 • 11 citations

EAU Guidelines for the Management of Urinary and Male Genital Tract Infectionstextsuperscript1

2001 • 9 citations

Efficacy of Prophylactic Gentamicin Use in Postoperative Urinary Tract Infections after Endoscopic Procedures of the Urinary Tract

1992 • 9 citations

CLINICAL STUDY OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION AFTER TREATMENT WITH EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVE LITHOTRIPTOR

1987 • 8 citations

Randomized Trial of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Combined Urodynamics and Cystourethroscopy

1999 • 8 citations