Clinical Study

Addition of Ceftriaxone and Amikacin to a Ciprofloxacin plus Metronidazole Regimen for Preventing Infectious Complications of Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Frequency distribution of the infection and the related symptoms of the two groups shown separately.

VariablesGroups
ControlIntervention

Infection
(%)
Yes10 (4.6)2 (0.9)0.017
No206 (95.4)217 (99.1)
Time of biopsy-hospitalization0.26
Hospitalization time (day)0.45
Urine culture
(%)
Negative7 (70)0 (0)0.15
Positive3 (30)2 (100)
Blood culture
(%)
Negative7 (70)1 (50)0.99
Positive3 (30)1 (50)