Does formalin disinfection of biopsy needle minimize the risk of sepsis following prostate biopsy?
Formalin disinfection of the biopsy needle after each prostate biopsy core is associated with a low incidence of urinary infection and sepsis. This technique is simple, effective and cost neutral.
EstOF4 is a new bacterial esterase with a preference to short chain ester substrates. With a high sequence identity towards esterase Est30 and several others, EstOF4 was classified into the same bacterial lipolytic family, Family XIII. All the members in this family originate from the same bacterial genus, bacillus and display optimal activities from neutral pH to alkaline conditions with short and middle chain length substrates. However, with roughly 70% sequence identity, these enzymes showed hugely different thermal stabilities, indicating their diverse thermal adaptations via just changing a few amino acid residues.