PROSTATE ABSCESSES TREATMENT

Prostate abscesses are focal purulent collections that develop as complications of acute bacterial prostatitis.

The usual infecting organisms are aerobic gram-negative bacilli or, less frequently, Staphylococcus aureus.

SYMPTOMS OF PROSTATE ABSCESS

• Common symptoms include
• Urinary frequency
• Dysuria
• Urinary retention
• Perineal pain
• Evidence of acute epididymitis, hematuria, and a purulent urethral discharge are less common. Fever is sometimes present.

DIAGNOSIS : Rectal examination may disclose prostate tenderness and fluctuance, but prostate enlargement is often the only abnormality, and sometimes the gland feels normal.

DIAGNOSIS OF PROSTATE ABSCESS-

Prostate ultrasonography and possibly cystoscopy

Abscess is suspected in patients with persistent perineal pain and continued or recurrent urinary tract infections despite antimicrobial therapy. Such patients should undergo prostate ultrasonography and possibly cystoscopy.