title: Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prostatic abscesses.
abstract: We describe 2 men with prostatic abscesses due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Neither of them had diabetes mellitus, prior prostate disease, recent health care exposure or urinary instrumentation and had no evidence of bloodstream infection at the time of presentation. Both were treated with surgical drainage and prolonged antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology (PK), University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky; Division of Infectious Diseases (TS), Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky; Division of Infectious Diseases (LMB, MNA), Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and Division of Infectious Diseases (MNA), Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Prashanth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krishnamohan
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schaninger
authors.forename: Larry M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Baddour
authors.forename: Majdi N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Al-Hasan
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents