[A case of hepatitis C virus possible transmission following a transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy]

K Ferhi; A Haertig; P Mozer; A de la Taille; M Roupret; E Van Glabeke; M-O Bitker

doi:10.1016/j.purol.2013.01.002

[A case of hepatitis C virus possible transmission following a transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy]

Prog Urol. 2013 Mar;23(3):222-4. doi: 10.1016/j.purol.2013.01.002. Epub 2013 Feb 4.

[Article in French]

Authors

K Ferhi¹, A Haertig, P Mozer, A de la Taille, M Roupret, E Van Glabeke, M-O Bitker

Affiliation

¹ Service d'urologie, CHI Robert-Ballanger, 93602 Aulnay sous-bois, France. karimferhi2000@yahoo.fr

PMID: 23446288
DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2013.01.002

Abstract

The prostate biopsy is a current and well-codified act. To date, there have been no reported risks of viral transmission between patients linked to contaminated ultrasound probe. We report the case of a patient having contracted the virus of hepatitis C after transrectal prostate biopsy during an individual screening of prostate cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports
Retracted Publication

MeSH terms

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / adverse effects
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / instrumentation*
Equipment Contamination
Hepacivirus* / isolation & purification
Hepatitis C / pathology
Hepatitis C / transmission*
Hepatitis C / virology*
Humans
Male
Prostate / diagnostic imaging
Prostate / pathology*
Risk Factors