A significant percentage of patients with transrectal biopsy-related infections have positive blood cultures but negative urine cultures. A literature review and meta-analysis.

Stamatis Karakonstantis Dimitra Kalemaki

Published in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2018)

Obtaining blood cultures is reasonable in all patients presenting with systemic symptoms suggestive of infection after a transrectal prostate biopsy. Blood cultures can provide additional microbiological data in about 1 of 7 patients with post-biopsy infectious complications. Prospective studies are needed to validate these results.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
prostate cancer
risk factors
electronic health record
benign prostatic hyperplasia