Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prostatic Abscess in a Liver Transplant Recipient.

Case Rep Transplant

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Published: November 2014

Prostatic abscesses are usually related to gram-negative bacilli. However, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged as a substantial cause of prostatic abscesses in recent years. Herein, we report the case of a 31-year-old man with a history of orthotopic liver transplantation 10 years ago who presented with acute onset dysuria and abdominal pain and was diagnosed with a MRSA prostatic abscess. To our knowledge, this is the first case describing a prostatic abscess in a liver transplant recipient and the first reporting MRSA as the causative organism of a prostatic abscess in a solid organ transplant recipient.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4217349PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/854824DOI Listing

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