• 1. Department of Urology; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610041; China2. Department of Clinical Epidemiology; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610041; China;
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Objective  To determine whether antibiotic prophylaxis can reduce the risk of postoperative bacteriuria in men undergoing transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) who have sterile preoperative urine.
Method  MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Library were searched for RCTs comparing antibiotic prophylaxis and placebo/blank controls for men undergoing TURP with preoperative sterile urine. The search strategy was established according to the Cochrane Prostatic Diseases and Urologic Cancers Group search strategy. Data was extracted by two reviewers using the designed extraction form. RevMan were used for data management and analysis.
Results  Fifty three relevant trials were searched, of which 27 trials were included and 26 were excluded. Antibiotic prophylaxis significantly decreased the rate of post-TURP bacteriuria.The pooled relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval were 0.36 (0.28, 0.46).
Conclusions  Prophylactic antibiotics could significantly decrease the incidence of post-TURP bacteriuria. Further comparative RCTs and cost-effective should be performed analysis to establish the optimal antibiotic regimes for the benefit of patients undergoing TURP.

Citation: WU Jianchen,WEI Qiang,YANG Yuru,LIU Guanjian,LU Yiping. Systematic Review of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Postoperative Bacteriuria in Men Undergoing TURP. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2004, 04(2): 98-103. doi: Copy