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ArticleCanadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada2008

A near-fatal case of sepsis with an antibiotic-resistant organism complicating a routine transrectal prostate biopsy in a health care worker.

Bryce Weber, John Saliken, Taj Jadavji, Robin R Gray, Ron Moore

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Article in Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. A prospective treatment for sepsis.Drug design, development and therapy · 2015
    Article
  3. Catastrophic sepsis and hemorrhage following transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2010
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Bryce WeberDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., the.
John Saliken
Taj Jadavji
Robin R Gray
Ron Moore
Calgary General Hospital · CAFoothills Medical Centre · CAUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 58-year-old physician with an elevated prostate specific antigen developed severe septic shock following a repeat transrectal prostate biopsy despite standard preoperative prophylactic protocol. This case highlights the significance of harbouring antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the risk of previous quinolone exposure. We believe this case may herald a rare but potentially serious consequence of increasingly common antibiotic resistance and that high-risk patients should be studied to determine their likelihood of carrying antibiotic-resistant flora in their genitourinary/gastrointestinal tract.

Identifiers

PMID18953456
PMCPMC2572246
OpenAlexW1826073797

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