Prostatic abscess due to blastomycosis

Blastomycosis is an endemic infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, found primarily in the southeastern, south-central, and Midwest United States. While the majority of infections typically present with pulmonary manifestations, they rarely present with symptoms isolated to the prostate. In or...

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Autores principales: Sloan, Matthew J., Manjee, Kiran G., Kaplan, Leonard J., Glaser, Alexander P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Inflammation and Infection
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8818515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35145870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102007
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author Sloan, Matthew J.
Manjee, Kiran G.
Kaplan, Leonard J.
Glaser, Alexander P.
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description Blastomycosis is an endemic infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, found primarily in the southeastern, south-central, and Midwest United States. While the majority of infections typically present with pulmonary manifestations, they rarely present with symptoms isolated to the prostate. In order to better understand the clinical presentation, evaluation, and treatment of blastomycosis of the prostate, we present a 59-year-old male with urinary retention and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).
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spelling pubmed-88185152022-02-09 Prostatic abscess due to blastomycosis Sloan, Matthew J. Manjee, Kiran G. Kaplan, Leonard J. Glaser, Alexander P. Urol Case Rep Inflammation and Infection Blastomycosis is an endemic infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, found primarily in the southeastern, south-central, and Midwest United States. While the majority of infections typically present with pulmonary manifestations, they rarely present with symptoms isolated to the prostate. In order to better understand the clinical presentation, evaluation, and treatment of blastomycosis of the prostate, we present a 59-year-old male with urinary retention and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Elsevier 2022-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8818515/ /pubmed/35145870 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102007 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Sloan, Matthew J.
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Prostatic abscess due to blastomycosis
title Prostatic abscess due to blastomycosis
title_full Prostatic abscess due to blastomycosis
title_fullStr Prostatic abscess due to blastomycosis
title_full_unstemmed Prostatic abscess due to blastomycosis
title_short Prostatic abscess due to blastomycosis
title_sort prostatic abscess due to blastomycosis
topic Inflammation and Infection
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8818515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35145870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102007
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