title: Aeromonas sobria prostatitis and septic shock in a healthy man with chronic alcoholic consumption.
abstract: Prostate infection caused by Aeromonas sobria has not been reported in the literature. We presented a 44-year-old healthy man with a habit of alcoholic consumption who was admitted because of primary A. sobria prostatitis with septicemia. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous ofloxacin and was uneventful after a half-year follow-up. Based on our rare case, we suggest to clinical physicians that prostatitis might be considered in healthy male patients with A. sobria bacteremia and a vague primary infection focus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Liou-Ying Campus, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Yungkang City, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Heng-Ching
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Wen-Liang
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Kuan-Hua
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Huan
authors.forename: Kuo-Chen
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yin-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chuang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000333:Aeromonas / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents