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- NewsProstate biopsy can be risky: More men getting ill from drug-resistant infections By Jason Gale Bloomberg News Monday, May 9, 2011 Shane Greenstein only vaguely recalls being told that a prostate biopsy he had in June was negative for cancer. That’s because within two days of the exam he was in the hospital with a potentially deadly blood infection. ‘It was the worst illness I have ever felt in my life,’ said Greenstein, 50, an economics professor at Northwestern University who sought emergency-room treatment in Evanston, Ill., 10 hours after feeling ‘mild flu-like symptoms.’ Doctors gave him intravenous fluids to maintain blood pressure and prevent shock, a complication that could lead to a cascade of symptoms including organ failure and death. Greenstein was saved when the third antibiotic he was prescribed, an intravenous one, managed to kill the bacteria. Among the millions of men tested for prostate cancer around the world each year, doctors are detecting an alarming trend: An increasing number of patients are getting sick from potentially lethal, drug-resistant infections. Studies emerging during the past year have uncovered that a small yet growing percentage of those undergoing routine needle biopsy tests are becoming critically ill and dying…
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At Atlantic HIFU, helping men maintain their current lifestyle is our top priority. Prostate cancer affects not only men, but their entire families as well. Our goal is to provide answers to patients and their families about non-invasive diagnosis and treatment options from friendly, knowledgeable professionals and doctors. We understand the overwhelming emotions and confusion that sometimes arise when facing a rising PSA or a prostate cancer diagnosis, and we want to help.
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