title: Acute bacterial endocarditis secondary to transrectal ultrasound-guided prostatic biopsy.
abstract: We report the first case of a patient with no history of diabetes or cardiac problems who developed an endocarditis secondary to a transrectal prostatic biopsy. Urinalysis prior to the biopsy was normal and the patient had a course of ciprofloxacin 2 hours preoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Irani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roblot
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Becq Giraudon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Doré
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008860:Microscopy, Ultraviolet; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*