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Are the use of fluoroquinolones in prostate biopsy prophylaxis returning? Comment on “antibiotic prophylaxis in patients who had undergone to prostate biopsy in between the EMA warning era: effects of fluoroquinolones in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Results of an observational cohort study”

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Kisa, E. Are the use of fluoroquinolones in prostate biopsy prophylaxis returning? Comment on “antibiotic prophylaxis in patients who had undergone to prostate biopsy in between the EMA warning era: effects of fluoroquinolones in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Results of an observational cohort study”. World J Urol 40, 2583–2584 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-022-04113-0

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