Catastrophic sepsis and hemorrhage following transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies

We report 2 cases of catastrophic complications following routine transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy. The first patient incurred near-fatal septic shock due to multi-resistant Escherichia coli. Due to the severity of his shock, he developed bilateral leg gangrene requiring amputations. Th...

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Main Authors: Toren, Paul, Razik, Roshan, Trachtenberg, John
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Canadian Medical Association 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825030/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20174484
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