Antibiotic prophylaxis in TURP: a prospective analysis concerning antibiotic stewardship and a potential reduction of antibiotic use in TURP
- 9 February 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in World Journal of Urology
- Vol. 37 (11), 2467-2472
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-019-02676-z
Abstract
Antibiotic prophylaxis is standard procedure in transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). We evaluated the necessity of antibiotic (AB) prophylaxis in TURP due to increasing microbial antibiotic resistance.Keywords
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