A case report of Fournier's gangrene in a diabetic patient induced by transrectal prostate biopsy (TRPB)

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 648-651

  Kumagai, Akira ^a   Ogawa, Daisuke ^a   Koyama, Toshiki ^a   Takeuchi, Ichiro ^a   Oyama, Itaru ^a  

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Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Multiorgan failure; Transrectal prostate biopsy (TRPB)

Indexed keywords

CEFOTIAM; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0036333004     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.93.648     Document Type: Article

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