Bartoletti, Riccardo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-0302
Claps, Francesco
Tulone, Gabriele
Perotti, Alessandro
Zucchi, Alessandro
Riccardi, Niccolò
Ficarra, Vincenzo
De Nunzio, Cosimo
Tubaro, Andrea
Simonato, Alchiede
Funding for this research was provided by:
UniversitĂ di Pisa
Article History
Received: 31 March 2022
Accepted: 10 May 2022
First Online: 10 June 2022
Declarations
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: All authors have nothing to disclose regarding financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence their work. The Authors have also nothing to disclose regarding conflict of interest with products that compete with those mentioned in their manuscript.
: This is a retrospective study conducted on already available data of office outpatients treated in accordance with the law and the national and European ethical guidelines. The patients received antibiotic prophylaxis according to the local indication and Guidelines as well as the surgical procedure of trans-rectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy according to the international standards. All Authors ensured that their institutions and their clinical behavior are complying with the specific requirements of the country.
: The informed consent for the procedure as well as the use of personal data was regularly collected from all the subjects involved into the study. Signed informed consent forms are stored in an appropriate repository of each of the participating centers and available for checking.