A Case of Tuberculous Prostatitis with Abscess

We present a case of acute prostatitis with abscess. The patient had undergone intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy for bladder cancer. A prostate biopsy demonstrated tuberculous prostatitis with abscess. This case illustrates that when bladder cancer is treated with BCG, a tube...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Doo, Seung Whan, Kim, Jae Heon, Yang, Won Jae, Kim, Soon Im, Lee, Dong Wha, Hong, Seong Sook, Song, Yun Seob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23596601
http://dx.doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.2012.30.2.138
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Sumario:We present a case of acute prostatitis with abscess. The patient had undergone intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy for bladder cancer. A prostate biopsy demonstrated tuberculous prostatitis with abscess. This case illustrates that when bladder cancer is treated with BCG, a tuberculous prostate abscess can develop.

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