Journal article

Staphylococcus aureus Prostatic abscess: a clinical case report and a review of the literature

David E Carroll, Ian Marr, G Khai Lin Huang, Deborah C Holt, Steven YC Tong, Craig S Boutlis

BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES | BMC | Published : 2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Prostatic abscess is a rare complication of acute bacterial prostatitis and is most commonly caused by Enterobacteriaceae. We report on a case of prostatic abscess caused by Staphylococcus aureus and conduct a review of the literature. CASE PRESENTATIVE: We present a case of S. aureus prostatic abscess that was successfully treated with a combination of antibiotic and surgical therapy. The isolate was non–multidrug-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and was genotyped as clonal complex 5, an emerging regional clone that is trimethoprim resistant and Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive. This current case report is the first to describe the use of clindamycin st..

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