E. coli bacterial meningitis after transrectal prostate biopsy under antibiotic prophylaxis: a case report and literature review

Prostate biopsy, a frequently performed procedure, is not harmless. In rare cases, life‐threatening complications occur. We document a potential lethal bacterial meningitis after transrectal biopsy. In addition to our overview of all previously documented cases, we highlight the evidence of preventi...

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Autores principales: Vandewalle, Tom, Vander Eeckt, Kathy, Deconinck, Steven, Weyne, Emmanuel, Verpoort, Pieter, Ost, Dieter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9136698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35664519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5921
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author Vandewalle, Tom
Vander Eeckt, Kathy
Deconinck, Steven
Weyne, Emmanuel
Verpoort, Pieter
Ost, Dieter
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description Prostate biopsy, a frequently performed procedure, is not harmless. In rare cases, life‐threatening complications occur. We document a potential lethal bacterial meningitis after transrectal biopsy. In addition to our overview of all previously documented cases, we highlight the evidence of prevention of infectious complications when performing a prostate biopsy.
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spelling pubmed-91366982022-06-04 E. coli bacterial meningitis after transrectal prostate biopsy under antibiotic prophylaxis: a case report and literature review Vandewalle, Tom Vander Eeckt, Kathy Deconinck, Steven Weyne, Emmanuel Verpoort, Pieter Ost, Dieter Clin Case Rep Case Reports Prostate biopsy, a frequently performed procedure, is not harmless. In rare cases, life‐threatening complications occur. We document a potential lethal bacterial meningitis after transrectal biopsy. In addition to our overview of all previously documented cases, we highlight the evidence of prevention of infectious complications when performing a prostate biopsy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9136698/ /pubmed/35664519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5921 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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E. coli bacterial meningitis after transrectal prostate biopsy under antibiotic prophylaxis: a case report and literature review
title E. coli bacterial meningitis after transrectal prostate biopsy under antibiotic prophylaxis: a case report and literature review
title_full E. coli bacterial meningitis after transrectal prostate biopsy under antibiotic prophylaxis: a case report and literature review
title_fullStr E. coli bacterial meningitis after transrectal prostate biopsy under antibiotic prophylaxis: a case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed E. coli bacterial meningitis after transrectal prostate biopsy under antibiotic prophylaxis: a case report and literature review
title_short E. coli bacterial meningitis after transrectal prostate biopsy under antibiotic prophylaxis: a case report and literature review
title_sort e. coli bacterial meningitis after transrectal prostate biopsy under antibiotic prophylaxis: a case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9136698/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5921
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