Antibiotic prophylaxis in multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging-guided transrectal prostate biopsy

Abstract

Antibiotic prophylaxis is, according to international recommendations, an integral part of transrectal prostate biopsy. The most used antibiotics are ciprofloxacin and cotrimoxazole.

However, the incidence of resistance to both substances has an upward trend. The aim of our work was to evaluate the microbial profile from a rectal swab and to determine the sensitivity of bacterial strains in patients indicated for multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging-guided prostate biopsy.

Keywords

• Antibiotics
• biopsy
• prophylaxis
• prostate cancer