An outbreak of achromobacter xylosoxidans associated with ultrasound gel used during transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-147

  Olshtain Pops, Karen ^a   Block, Colin ^a   Temper, Violeta ^a   Hidalgo Grass, Carlos ^a   Gross, Ilana ^a   Moses, Allon E ^a   Gofrit, Ofer N ^a   Benenson, Shmuel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Achromobacter denitrificans; Biopsy; Lubricants; Prostate; Ultrasound, high intensity focused, transrectal

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; FEVER; GEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED PROSTATE BIOPSY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROLOGY;

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GELS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; RECTUM;

EID: 78649982094     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.08.093     Document Type: Article

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