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Published on: February 9, 2011
Pediatric Prostatic Abscess Caused by Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
Catherine E Foster1, Kristina G Hulten, Nicolette K Janzen
1From 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.
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.
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