Aeromonas sobria prostatitis and septic shock in a healthy man with chronic alcoholic consumption.
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.
Huang
Heng-Ching
HC
Department of Internal Medicine, Liou-Ying Campus, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Yungkang City, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yu
Wen-Liang
WL
Huan
Kuan-Hua
KH
Cheng
Kuo-Chen
KC
Chuang
Yin-Ching
YC
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*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents