Nonspecific Presentation of a Multiloculated Prostatic Abscess After Transurethral Prostatic Biopsy for Elevated Prostate-specific Antigen Level

Nonspecific Presentation of a Multiloculated Prostatic Abscess After Transurethral Prostatic Biopsy for Elevated Prostate-specific Antigen Level

Prostate postbiopsy infectious complications typically present in the form of prostatitis and uncommonly urosepsis. Prostatic abscesses are generally found after multiple bouts of prostatitis and are associated with a clinically septic picture requiring intensive care unit admission and resuscitatio...

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Main Authors: Nilay M. Gandhi, Joseph Lin, Edward Schaeffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-11-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
Subjects:
Prostate biopsy
Prostate abscess
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442014001247

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