We encountered four prostatic abscess patients. Although antimicrobial therapies were ineffective, drainage was effective in all cases. Patient 1 had lung cancer and diabetes mellitus (DM), and patient 2 developed acute prostatitis after transrectal prostatic biopsy. Culture of the urine and blood revealed extended-spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) - producing Escherichia coli (E.coli). Patient 3 had previously sustained spinal cord injury, and urinated by self-catheterization. Patient 4 had untreated, severe DM. Patient 1, 2 and 3 had been treated by transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Patient 2 complained of ejaculatory incompetence after the surgery, and the symptom caused mental distress. Patient 4 was a 43-year-old man who had undergone transperineal needle aspiration under ultrasound guidance to avoid ejaculatory incompetence. The prostatic abscess disappeared in all cases after drainage without recurrence.
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Okumura, A., Morii, A., & Kitamura, H. (2018). Four cases of the prostatic abscess in which drainage was effective. Japanese Journal of Urology, 109(2), 122–126. https://doi.org/10.5980/jpnjurol.109.122
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