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Ippei Sakamaki1, Akitoshi Ueno1, Hitoshi Kawasuji1
1Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
Abstract:
Nocardia farcinica usually infects the respiratory tract and can sometimes cause central nervous system infections; however, it rarely infects the prostate. Here we report the first case of N. farcinica detected in the purulence specimen drained from a prostate abscess. A 70-year-old Japanese male receiving steroid and cyclosporine treatment came to our department with chief complaint of turbid urine. Computed tomography revealed a low-density lesion in his prostate. Antibiotic administration and prostatic drainage were effective. N. farcinica was detected in the cultures of urine and prostatic drainage purulence specimens. Nocardiosis should be included in the differential diagnosis in immunosuppressive patients with prostate abscess.
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