São Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
A randomized and prospective study on the value of antibiotic prophylaxis administration in transurethral resection of the prostate.
Antibiotic prophylaxis in transurethral resection of the prostate is a regular practice in urology. However, its prophylactic effect can be questioned when the antiseptic surgical technique is used. Nonetheless, urine culture-oriented antibiotic therapy is the gold standard for avoiding improper medication usage and bacterial resistance. ⋯ Antibiotic prophylaxis for patients whose urine is sterile is debatable in patients who are candidates for transurethral resection of the prostate. Most of the time, the antibiotic agent used is not specific for any of the bacteria recovered from the various sources analyzed.