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Povidone Iodine Rectal Preparation at Time of Prostate Needle Biopsy is a Simple and Reproducible Means to Reduce Risk of Procedural Infection
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Prostatic penetration of meropenem after intravenous administration in patients undergoing transurethral resection of
Y Yamada1, K Ikawa, K Nakamura
1Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan.
Journal of Chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
|July 12, 2011
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