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Mp21-05 Temporal Trends in Prostate Cancer Risk Group Stratification Following the 2008 United States Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: ESBL in 2.2%.15% of patients who were not swabbed received i.v antibiotics.6/808 (0.7%) screened patients developed sepsis, as opposed to 4/124 (3.2%) in patients not screened (p¼0.03Fischer's exact test).Allowing for all costs incurred by screening, including intravenous antibiotics, screening for FRE saved $10/patient biopsied.CONCLUSIONS: Screening for fluoroquinolone resistant E. coli prior to TRUS guided prostate biopsy with subsequent targeted antibiotics is a cost effective strategy to significantly reduce the risk of post biopsy sepsis.

Source: The Journal of Urology

DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.02.639

Authors: Firas Abdollah, Deepansh Dalela, Akshay Sood, Jesse Sammon, Patrick Karabon, Christian Meyer, Maxine Sun, Toni Choueiri, Mani Menon, Quoc-Dien Trinh

Language: English

Topic: Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2986970137

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