Fig. 1.

Positive blood and urine cultures in relation to time after TRUS PBx. ^a Only positive urine cultures taken between 1 and 14 days after the PBx were included. All positive urine cultures taken on the same day as PBx were discarded. During the first years of this study, all patients undergoing TRUS PBX also had a urine culture taken just before the PBx. This was not done in the later years of this study. Positive urine cultures taken on the same day as the PBx would therefore most likely not be related to the PBx. Blood cultures were included from the day of PBx to 14 days after. [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]