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Bacteraemia Following Perineal Prostatic Biopsy
Author(s) -
HILLYARD J. W.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1987.tb05493.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , prostate biopsy , urine , urinary system , bacteremia , prostate , antibiotics , urology , surgery , biology , cancer , microbiology and biotechnology
Summary— Forty patients undergoing needle biopsy of the prostate via the perineal route were studied bacteriologically. Four had positive blood cultures 5 min after the biopsy but none developed septicaemia, although no prophylactic antibiotics were used. Three of the four patients developing bacteraemia were found to have an unsuspected urinary tract infection and the same organisms were cultured from blood and urine, suggesting that this was the source of the bacteraemia.