Erratum: Occurrence of infection following prostate biopsy procedures in Japan: Japanese Research Group for Urinary Tract Infection (JRGU) - A multi-center retrospective study (Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2014) 20 (232-237))

This communication is in regards to Table 1 of Togo et al. (2014), which has been found to contain an error: the median values of Prostate volume (ml) and PSA (ng/ml) have been switched.Table 1Background of the subjects.CharacteristicsMedianRangeAge (y.o.)6940–98Prostate volume (ml)343.2–223PSA (ng/ml)7.980.02–26300Number of biopsy cores121–26Approachesn%Transrectal435873.9Transperineal123420.9Both3035.2High risksn%Indwelling urethral catheter150.25Dysuria61510.4HbA1c ≧ 8.0%611.03Insulin430.73Immunosupppressive agents190.32Steroids260.78 Open table in a new tab Readers are referred to Table 1 in this corrigendum, which has been corrected for the errors. This communication is in regards to Table 1 of Togo et al. (2014), which has been found to contain an error: the median values of Prostate volume (ml) and PSA (ng/ml) have been switched. Readers are referred to Table 1 in this corrigendum, which has been corrected for the errors. Occurrence of infection following prostate biopsy procedures in Japan: Japanese Research Group for Urinary Tract Infection (JRGU) – A multi-center retrospective studyJournal of Infection and ChemotherapyVol. 20Issue 4PreviewWe retrospectively investigated the incidence of genitourinary tract infection in 5895 patients who underwent transrectal and/or transperineal prostate biopsy procedure between January and December 2011 at 46 institutions belonging to Japanese Research Group for Urinary Tract Infection (JRGU). The total rate of genitourinary tract infection after prostate biopsy was 0.76%, while that following transrectal procedure was 0.83% and following transperineal procedure was 0.57%, which were not significantly different. Full-Text PDF