Escherichia coli Bloodstream Infection After Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy: Implications of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Sequence Type 131 as a Major Causative Pathogen

Abstract

E. coli bacteremia can be a life-threatening complication of TRUS biopsy. Infecting strains are frequently multidrug-resistant and resistant to common empirical antibiotic agents. E. coli ST131 is an important cause of sepsis after TRUS biopsy. Further studies should evaluate colonization with fluoroquinolone-resistant E. coli as a risk factor for postbiopsy sepsis.