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01-12-2017 | Case report
Staphylococcus aureus Prostatic abscess: a clinical case report and a review of the literature
Authors:
David E. Carroll, Ian Marr, G Khai Lin Huang, Deborah C. Holt, Steven Y. C. Tong, Craig S. Boutlis
Published in:
BMC Infectious Diseases
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Issue 1/2017
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Excerpt
Prostatic abscess is a rare complication of acute bacterial prostatitis, described in 0.5 to 2.5% of patients presenting with inflammatory prostatitis [
1]. Patients with prostatic abscess typically present with difficulty urinating or with acute urinary retention. The most common causative pathogens include Enterobacteriaceae such as
Escherichia coli [
2], or in our local clinical context in northern Australia,
Burkholderia pseudomallei [
3].
Staphylococcus aureus, a Gram-positive coccus, is a common human pathogen, yet is a rarely reported cause of prostatic abscess [
1]. …