PARIS — To date, studies of antibiotic course length for treating urinary tract infections in men have been patchy and retrospective. Through recent randomized trials, guidelines can now be based on ...

Q: Recently, a 47-year-old asymptomatic patient had a random prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level of 5.32 ng/mL. A repeat assay the following day was 6.10. All previous PSAs over a seven-year period ...

When most men think about their prostate, it's to worry about whether they have prostate cancer or not. But another condition is far more common and plenty painful. Prostatitis involves inflammation ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate. The study opens the door to potential new treatments for bacterial ...

Bacterial prostatitis, an infection of the prostate primarily caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli), is a common health problem in men. About one percent of men worldwide are affected at ...

"Transperineal prostate biopsy makes a common diagnostic procedure safer for men," said Dr. Hu, who is also a member of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine. "It also ...

While more common in females, urinary tract infections can also affect males. Symptoms include a sudden urge to urinate, frequent urination, and a burning sensation when you urinate. UTIs occur when ...

Hogenhout R, Remmers S, van Leenders GJLH, Roobol MJ. The transition from transrectal to transperineal prostate biopsy without antibiotic prophylaxis: Cancer ...

Rates of severe infection after transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy that require hospitalization are on the rise, a population-based Swedish study shows. "Over 100,000 biopsies are ...

The lower infection rate is particularly remarkable because the men in the transrectal biopsy group received a targeted course of antibiotics designed to help reduce their infection risk, and the men ...

A multi-institutional clinical trial showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of infection compared with traditional biopsy approaches. A ...