title: Low back pain due to neisseria prostatitis: report of three cases.
abstract: After a short term of employment in a new job, 3 young heroin addicts became disabled from low back pain due to neisseria gonorrhea prostatitis. Each returned to work after a few weeks of antibiotic therapy without symptoms following proper diagnosis. These patients demonstrate the importance of a careful history and thorough examination of the patient with low back pain including a rectal examination of the prostate gland.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*