title: Nonspecific Presentation of a Multiloculated Prostatic Abscess After Transurethral Prostatic Biopsy for Elevated Prostate-specific Antigen Level.
abstract: Prostate postbiopsy infectious complications typically present in the form of prostatitis and uncommonly urosepsis. Prostatic abscesses are generally found after multiple bouts of prostatitis and are associated with a clinically septic picture requiring intensive care unit admission and resuscitation. We report the case of a 65-year-old man who presented with prostatic abscess in the setting of nonspecific urinary symptoms after transrectal ultrasonography-guided prostate biopsy. At 4-month follow-up, he is currently free of disease with undetectable prostate-specific antigen level and negative imaging.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Nilay M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schaeffer
keywords: Prostate abscess; Prostate biopsy