Prostatic enlargement associated with symptomatic and asymptomatic gonorrhoea in adolescent men: An argument for routine rectal examination.
Ten adolescent men presented with prostatic enlargement and positive anterior urethral cultures for gonococci. Six of them had urethritis, but four were asymptomatic; the prostate is therefore implicated as a reservoir for the asymptomatic carrier and it is strongly recommended that the rectum should be included in the routine physical examination of sexually active adolescent men.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010808:Physical Examination; D011467:Prostate / Q000382:microbiology; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012007:Rectum