Reducing infectious complications and healthcare costs in transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy with single-dose cefmetazole and levofloxacin
Highlights • Over 2,000 cases were studied for infection prevention in TRUS-PBx. • Cefmetazole (CMZ)+levofloxacin (LVFX) reduced febrile UTI incidence to 0.20%. • CMZ+LVFX also reduced medical costs compared to…