Conclusions : Antibiotic prophylaxis did confer a reduction in cases of symptomatic and asymptomatic bacteriuria but the NNT were high .
Introduction : The role of antibiotic prophylaxis for routine flexible cystoscopy ( FC ) is not clear due to the varying practice s of individual clinicians .
There are no formal guidelines , and this may be due to a lack of formal summary of the data .
Oral ciprofloxacin or trimethoprim reduces bacteriuria after flexible cystoscopy
To report a large prospect i ve , pragmatic , double‐blind r and omized controlled trial to determine whether oral prophylactic antibiotics reduce the risk of bacteriuria  after flexible cystoscopy ( FC ) , as up to 10 % of patients develop urinary infection afterwards , with significant morbidity and costs for health services
Conclusions : Antibiotic prophylaxis did confer a reduction in cases of symptomatic and asymptomatic bacteriuria but the NNT were high .
Introduction : The role of antibiotic prophylaxis for routine flexible cystoscopy ( FC ) is not clear due to the varying practice s of individual clinicians .
There are no formal guidelines , and this may be due to a lack of formal summary of the data .