Escherichia coli bloodstream infection after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy: Our experience in north west London

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 465-466

  Rogers, Benedict R S ^a   Batura, Deepak ^a   Gopal Rao, G ^a  

^a EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE FLORA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTEREMIA; BIOPSY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL;

EID: 84872279023     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis893     Document Type: Letter

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