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(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) In a study of complication rates following prostate biopsy among Medicare beneficiaries, Johns Hopkins researchers have found a significant rise in serious complications requiring hospitalization.

The researchers found that this common outpatient procedure, used to diagnose prostate cancer, was associated with a 6.9 percent rate of hospitalization within 30 days of biopsy compared to a 2.9 percent hospitalization rate among a control group of men who did not have a prostate biopsy.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) appears to be driving an increase in the number of people hospitalized with skin and soft tissue infections, researchers found.