Acute bacterial prostatitis: two different sub-categories according to a previous manipulation of the lower urinary tract

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Millán-Rodríguez ◽  
J. Palou ◽  
Anna Bujons-Tur ◽  
Mireia Musquera-Felip ◽  
Carlota Sevilla-Cecilia ◽  
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Author(s):  
Rahim A. Rashid ◽  
Ramalakshmi Karthikeyan

Colonoscopy is a common procedure for diagnosing a wide range of conditions and symptoms affecting the large bowel. Research has shown that the examination itself may induce transient bacterial infections. Specifically acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP) has little mention in medical literature as a recognized complication of this procedure. Here we discuss a 37 year old male presenting with symptoms suggesting lower urinary tract infection after having undergone colonoscopy followed by recurrent episodic haematuria and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Physicians and endoscopists should be aware of the risk of acute bacterial prostatitis as a potential complication of colonoscopy in order to minimize misdiagnosis as well as the complications associated with the delayed treatment of it. In addition male patients and the immunocompromised should be fully counselled regarding this risk prior to undertaking this procedure.


2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Anju Anand ◽  
Elizabeth Tullis ◽  
Anne Stephenson ◽  
J. Curtis Nickel ◽  
Michael J. Leveridge

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) commonly suffer chronic respiratory infections, although systemic dissemination is relatively rare. Acute bacterial prostatitis presents dramatically and is believed to be mostly caused by local migration (with or without instrumentation) of the lower urinary tract and presents with a predictable microbial etiology. We report a case of a 26-year-old man presenting with acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial prostatitis due to hematogenous propagation from a chronic pulmonary infection.


2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 527-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin T. McVary ◽  
Joseph Camps ◽  
Gerard D. Henry ◽  
Susan D. Conner ◽  
Li-Jung Tseng ◽  
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