title: [Tuberculous prostatic abscess in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of prostatic abscess in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Herein we report on a patient with AIDS and prostatic abscess due to tuberculosis. The clinical features and a less invasive therapeutic approach are described.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Appropriate treatment must be based on cultures, as patients with AIDS are increasingly frequently affected by uncommon organisms originating prostatic abscess. Treatment is by drainage, although spontaneous urethral drainage has been described, as in the present case. Percutaneous ultrasound-guided drainage appears to be a less invasive and effective procedure.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Galbis Sanjuan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiménez Cidre
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Rodríguez
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pérez Elías
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gómez do Santos
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rivas Escudero
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014389:Tuberculosis, Male Genital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications; D014463:Ultrasonography