Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections After Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 912-914

  Gillespie, Jennifer L ^a   Arnold, Kathryn E ^a   Noble Wang, Judith ^b   Jensen, Bette ^b   Arduino, Matthew ^b   Hageman, Jeffrey ^b   Srinivasan, Arjun ^b  

^a Public Health Division   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTPATIENT; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL;

EID: 34247565518     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.01.047     Document Type: Article

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