Hepatitis C Transmission after Prostate Biopsy

Prostate biopsy is a current and well-codified procedure; antibiotic prophylaxis and rectal enema limit the risk of infection. To date, there has been no reported viral transmission between patients due to a contaminated ultrasound probe. In this study, we report the case of a patient who contracted...

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Autores principales: Ferhi, Karim, Rouprêt, Morgan, Mozer, Pierre, Ploussard, Guillaume, Haertig, Alain, de La Taille, Alexandre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/797248
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author Ferhi, Karim
Rouprêt, Morgan
Mozer, Pierre
Ploussard, Guillaume
Haertig, Alain
de La Taille, Alexandre
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description Prostate biopsy is a current and well-codified procedure; antibiotic prophylaxis and rectal enema limit the risk of infection. To date, there has been no reported viral transmission between patients due to a contaminated ultrasound probe. In this study, we report the case of a patient who contracted the hepatitis C virus after transrectal prostate biopsy as part of an individual screening for prostate cancer.
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spelling pubmed-36001392013-03-26 Hepatitis C Transmission after Prostate Biopsy Ferhi, Karim Rouprêt, Morgan Mozer, Pierre Ploussard, Guillaume Haertig, Alain de La Taille, Alexandre Case Rep Urol Case Report Prostate biopsy is a current and well-codified procedure; antibiotic prophylaxis and rectal enema limit the risk of infection. To date, there has been no reported viral transmission between patients due to a contaminated ultrasound probe. In this study, we report the case of a patient who contracted the hepatitis C virus after transrectal prostate biopsy as part of an individual screening for prostate cancer. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3600139/ /pubmed/23533934 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/797248 Text en Copyright © 2013 Karim Ferhi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hepatitis C Transmission after Prostate Biopsy
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title_full Hepatitis C Transmission after Prostate Biopsy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/797248
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