Candida sepsis originating from bulbar abscess of the penis.
We describe a patient with a very unusual penile abscess. Antibiotic treatment for Clostridium sordellii and Candida albicans infection and drainage of pus was curative. We propose that the penile abscess may have been an unusual manifestation of a rectal fistula.
Huuskonen
J
J
Department of Urology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. jouni.huuskonen@kuh.fi
Aaltomaa
S
S
D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology*; D002175:Candida / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010413:Penis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D018805:Sepsis / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed