Empiric antibiotics therapy for mildly elevated prostate specific antigen: Helpful to avoid unnecessary biopsies?

Purpose: The management of mildly elevated (4.0-10.0 ng/ml) prostate specific antigen (PSA) is uncertain. Immediate prostate biopsy, antibiotic treatment, or monitoring PSA level for 1-3 months is still in controversy. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analysed the effect of empiric antibiot...

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Main Authors: Andrea Fandella, Sara Benvenuto, Elisa Guidoni, Marco Giampaoli, Alessandro Bertaccini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-09-01
Series:Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
Subjects:
PSA
Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/4756