| Literature DB >> 23015671 |
Aris Assimacopoulos1, Brian Johnston, Connie Clabots, James R Johnson.
Abstract
A 57-year-old man who had recently undergone a transrectal prostate biopsy for a rising prostate-specific antigen level developed postbiopsy necrotizing epididymo-orchitis (requiring orchiectomy) and then Gram-negative meningitis, despite fluoroquinolone administration for periprocedural prophylaxis and subsequent therapy. The causative organism proved to be a fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli strain from sequence type ST131.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23015671 PMCID: PMC3502997 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02026-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948