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Incidence of Urinary Tract Infection Following Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy at a Tertiary-Care Medical Center in Lebanon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Zaher K. Otrock ,
Gerard O. Oghlakian ,
Mariana M. Salamoun ,
Maurice Haddad  and
Abdul Rahman N. Bizri
Zaher K. Otrock
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Gerard O. Oghlakian
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Mariana M. Salamoun
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Maurice Haddad
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Abdul Rahman N. Bizri*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
*
Infection Control Committee/Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon, e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Objective:

To determine the incidence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) following transrectal ultrasound guided needle biopsy of the prostate (TRUBP) and the bacteriology of these infections.

Design:

Retrospective evaluation of the charts and records of all patients who underwent TRUBP between June 1, 2002, and August 31, 2003.

Setting:

American University of Beirut Medical Center, a tertiary-care center in Lebanon.

Patients:

Two hundred seven patients underwent TRUBP. All received prophylactic antibiotics. One hundred twenty (58%) received ciprofloxacin alone, whereas 87 (42%) received both ciprofloxacin and gentamicin. Sixty-one patients (29.5%) had an enema prior to the procedure, whereas 146 (70.5%) did not.

Results:

Thirteen patients (6.3%) were admitted with UTI. All had rigors and fever on admission. Symptoms appeared at a mean of 2.7 days and the mean hospital stay was 9.2 days. The mean duration of antibiotic treatment was 23.2 days. Ten (77%) of the patients had positive bacteriology. Urine cultures were positive in 8 (61.5%) of the patients and blood cultures in 6 (46.2%). All positive cultures grew Escherichia coli resistant to ciprofloxacin, with 5 isolates producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.

Conclusions:

TRUBP continues to be associated with significant infectious complications, especially UTI. Given the increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance mainly among the Enterobacteriaceae, antimicrobial prophylaxis practices should be reevaluated and the universal administration of quinolones alone or in combination with aminoglycosides should be reconsidered.

Type
Orginal Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 10 , October 2004 , pp. 873 - 877
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004 

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