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Acute bacterial endocarditis secondary to transrectal ultrasound-guided prostatic biopsy
J Irani1, F Roblot, B Becq Giraudon
1Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Poitiers, France.
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
|May 25, 2002
Abstract:
We report the first case of a patient with no history of diabetes or cardiac problems who developed an endocarditis secondary to a transrectal prostatic biopsy. Urinalysis prior to the biopsy was normal and the patient had a course of ciprofloxacin 2 hours preoperatively.