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Acute Prostatitis | |
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Classification and external resources | |
ICD-10 | N41.0 |
ICD-9 | 601.0 |
DiseasesDB | 10801 |
MedlinePlus | 000519 |
eMedicine | med/2845 |
MeSH | D011472 |
Acute prostatitis is a serious bacterial infection of the prostate gland. This infection is a medical emergency. It should be distinguished from other forms of prostatitis such as chronic bacterial prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS).
Men with this disease often have chills, fever, pain in the lower back and genital area, urinary frequency and urgency often at night, burning or painful urination, body aches, and a demonstrable infection of the urinary tract, as evidenced by white blood cells and bacteria in the urine. Acute prostatitis may be a complication of prostate biopsy.[1] Often, the prostate gland is very tender to palpation through the rectum.[2]
Acute prostatitis is relatively easy to diagnose due to its symptoms that suggest infection. The organism may be found in blood or urine, and sometimes in both.[1] Common bacteria are Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Proteus, Pseudomonas, Enterobacter, Enterococcus, Serratia, and Staphylococcus aureus. This can be a medical emergency in some patients and hospitalization with intravenous antibiotics may be required. A complete blood count reveals increased white blood cells. Sepsis from prostatitis is very rare, but may occur in immunocompromised patients; high fever and malaise generally prompt blood cultures, which are often positive in sepsis. A prostate massage should never be done in a patient with suspected acute prostatitis, since it may induce sepsis. Since bacteria causing the prostatitis is easily recoverable from the urine, prostate massage is not required to make the diagnosis. Rectal palpation usually reveals an enlarged, exquisitely tender, swollen prostate gland, which is firm, warm, and, occasionally, irregular to the touch. C-reactive protein is elevated in most cases.[3]
Prostate biopsies are not indicated as the (clinical) features (described above) are diagnostic. The histologic correlate of acute prostatitis is a neutrophilic infiltration of the prostate gland.
Acute prostatitis is associated with a transiently elevated PSA, i.e., the PSA is increased during an episode of acute prostatitis and then decreases again after it has resolved. PSA testing is not indicated in the context of uncomplicated acute prostatitis.
Antibiotics are the first line of treatment in acute prostatitis (Cat. I). Antibiotics usually resolve acute prostatitis infections in a very short time, however a minimum of two to four weeks of therapy is recommended to eradicate the offending organism completely.[4] Appropriate antibiotics should be used, based on the microbe causing the infection. Some antibiotics have very poor penetration of the prostatic capsule, others, such as Ciprofloxacin, Co-trimoxazole and tetracyclines such as doxycycline penetrate well. In acute prostatitis, penetration of the prostate is not as important as for category II because the intense inflammation disrupts the prostate-blood barrier. It is more important to choose a bacteriocidal antibiotic (kills bacteria, e.g. quinolone) rather than a bacteriostatic antibiotic (slows bacterial growth, e.g. tetracycline) for acute potentially life-threatening infections.[5] Severely ill patients may need hospitalization, while nontoxic patients can be treated at home with bed rest, analgesics, stool softeners, and hydration. Patients in urinary retention are best managed with a suprapubic catheter or intermittent catheterization. Lack of clinical response to antibiotics should raise the suspicion of an abscess and prompt an imaging study such as a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS).[6]
Full recovery without sequelae is usual.
Prostate, urethra, and seminal vesicles.
The arteries of the pelvis.
Male pelvic organs seen from right side.
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リンク元 | 「前立腺炎」 |
関連記事 | 「acute」 |
型 | 分類 | 症状 | |
I | 急性細菌性前立腺炎 | 発熱、排尿痛、全身倦怠で急激に発症 | |
II | 慢性細菌性前立腺炎 | Iが慢性化したもの。再発性細菌感染としての症状を認める。 | |
III | 慢性非細菌性前立腺炎 | 頻尿・残尿感、排尿時痛(不快感)、ソケイ部・会陰部・尿道部痛など多彩。 | |
慢性骨盤内疼痛症候群/前立腺関連疼痛症候群 | |||
A 炎症性 | |||
B 非炎症性 | |||
IV | 無症候性炎症性前立腺炎 | たまたま採取した前立腺液中に白血球を認めて発見されるなど、偶然発見されることがあるが、現時点では積極的に治療の必要はない。 |
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