title: Pediatric prostatic abscess.
abstract: Prostatic abscesses are an increasingly rare clinical entity. They are commonly caused by spread of a gram-negative urinary tract infection. Most cases reported in urologic studies have occurred in older men and are the result of bladder outlet obstruction. To date, very few cases of pediatric prostatic abscesses have been reported in published studies, and most of these occurred in neonates. We present a case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prostatic abscess in an adolescent and review the related data for this unusual process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA. daniel.dajusta@Louisville.edu
authors.forename: Nicholai
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kiehl
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinsey
authors.forename: Venkat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Dajusta
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed