Pediatric Prostatic Abscess Caused by Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

Catherine E Foster; Kristina G Hulten; Nicolette K Janzen; Sheldon L Kaplan

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000001458

Pediatric Prostatic Abscess Caused by Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Apr;36(4):426-427. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001458.

Authors

Catherine E Foster¹, Kristina G Hulten, Nicolette K Janzen, Sheldon L Kaplan

Affiliation

¹ From the *Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, and †Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine and the Urology Division, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.

PMID: 27977556
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001458

Abstract

Prostatic abscesses are infrequently encountered in adults and are exceedingly rare in the pediatric population. We present the case of an 11-year-old boy with a methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus prostatic abscess and bacteremia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Child
Humans
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Prostate* / diagnostic imaging
Prostate* / pathology
Prostatic Diseases*
Staphylococcal Infections*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents