April 19, 2010 (Barcelona, Spain) — Efforts to convince urologists to switch to penicillin for prophylaxis for transrectal ultrasonography of the prostate (TRUSP) should be abandoned, UK investigators ...

BARCELONA—Switching from a quinolone to penicillin as prophylaxis in men who are undergoing transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsies of the prostate (TRUSP) may increase the risk of serious infectious ...

Long-term follow-up data on a trial to assess the effects of antibiotics given to pregnant women experiencing premature labour, with intact membranes and no obvious infection, has revealed an ...

Current guidelines recommend that children with acute pyelonephritis are initially treated with a parenteral third-generation cephalosporin such as ceftriaxone, and then oral antibiotics. A recent ...

OBJECTIVES To systematically review studies investigating the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in urinary tract infections caused by Escherichia coli in children and, when appropriate, to ...

Alternative antibiotics to nitrofurantoin for treating suspected urinary tract infection in older patients were associated with lower odds of treatment failure but did not reduce the risk for ...