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ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2018

New Bacterial Infection in the Prostate after Transrectal Prostate Biopsy.

Yumi Seo, Gilho Lee

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Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yumi SeoDepartment of Urology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7557-1607
Gilho LeeDepartment of Urology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9253-6245
Dankook University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe prostate is prone to infections. Hypothetically, bacteria can be inoculated into the prostate during a transrectal prostate biopsy (TRPB) and progress into chronic bacterial prostatitis. Therefore, we examined new bacterial infections in biopsied prostates after TRPB and whether they affect clinical characteristics in the biopsied patients.

methodsOf men whose prostate cultures have been taken prior to TRPB, 105 men with bacteria-free benign prostate pathology underwent an additional repeated prostate culture within a year after TRPB.

resultsTwenty out of 105 men (19.05%) acquired new bacteria in their naïve prostates after TRPB. Except for one single case of

conclusionThe TRPB procedure was significantly associated with acquiring new bacterial infections in the biopsied prostate, but these localized bacteria did not affect patients' serum PSA level and symptoms after biopsy.

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AgedBacterial InfectionsBiopsyHumansLeukocyte CountMaleMiddle AgedProstateProstate-Specific AntigenProstatitisRectumRepublic of KoreaRisk FactorsProstate-Specific AntigenBacterial InfectionNewProstate Biopsy

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PMID29686597
PMCPMC5909103
OpenAlexW2802935681

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