Planning for the post-antibiotic era - why we must avoid TRUS-guided biopsy sampling

Nat Rev Urol. 2016 Oct;13(10):559-60. doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2016.176. Epub 2016 Sep 20.

Authors

Declan G Murphy^{1

2}, Jeremy P Grummet³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cancer Surgery, University of Melbourne, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
² Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre, 180 Hoddle Street, Victoria 3121, Australia.
³ Department of Urology, Alfred Hospital, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.

PMID: 27644935
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2016.176

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Antibiotic Prophylaxis / adverse effects*
Antibiotic Prophylaxis / methods
Bacterial Infections / prevention & control*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Humans
Image-Guided Biopsy / adverse effects*
Male
Prostate / pathology
Prostate / surgery*
Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery
Ultrasound, High-Intensity Focused, Transrectal* / adverse effects
Urology