TY - JOUR
T1 - The harmful effects of overlooking acute bacterial prostatitis
AU - Yang, Youngmin
AU - Shigemura, Katsumi
AU - Maeda, Koki
AU - Moriwaki, Michika
AU - Chen, Kuan Chou
AU - Nakano, Yuzo
AU - Fujisawa, Masato
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Japanese Urological Association.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Prostatitis is a major urological disease affecting 25%–50% of men over their lifetime. However, prostatitis is often overlooked in nonurologic departments due to its sometimes indeterminate symptoms. In this review, we describe how to recognize and treat acute bacterial prostatitis, which manifests as a clinical problem in other departments as well as urology, to help prevent this disease from being overlooked. There are several possible negative effects of not recognizing acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP). First, initial treatment can fail. In the hyperacute phase, common antibiotics are often effective, but in rare cases, such antibiotics may not be effective. In addition, once ABP progresses to form a prostate abscess, potentially avoidable surgical interventions are often needed. A second issue is the transition to chronic prostatitis. If chronic bacterial prostatitis progresses, treatment requires long-term antibiotic administration and the response rate is not high. Some patients may have to deal with urinary tract infections for the rest of their lives. Finally, there is the problem of overlooking the underlying disease. ABP is rare in healthy adult men without underlying disease, including sexually transmitted diseases as well as benign prostatic hyperplasia, urinary stones, and malignant tumors, and may not be obvious. When examining patients with fever of unknown origin, it is necessary to exclude not only infectious diseases but also collagen diseases and malignant tumors. If there are any doubts, we recommend a rectal exam and consultation with a urologist.
AB - Prostatitis is a major urological disease affecting 25%–50% of men over their lifetime. However, prostatitis is often overlooked in nonurologic departments due to its sometimes indeterminate symptoms. In this review, we describe how to recognize and treat acute bacterial prostatitis, which manifests as a clinical problem in other departments as well as urology, to help prevent this disease from being overlooked. There are several possible negative effects of not recognizing acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP). First, initial treatment can fail. In the hyperacute phase, common antibiotics are often effective, but in rare cases, such antibiotics may not be effective. In addition, once ABP progresses to form a prostate abscess, potentially avoidable surgical interventions are often needed. A second issue is the transition to chronic prostatitis. If chronic bacterial prostatitis progresses, treatment requires long-term antibiotic administration and the response rate is not high. Some patients may have to deal with urinary tract infections for the rest of their lives. Finally, there is the problem of overlooking the underlying disease. ABP is rare in healthy adult men without underlying disease, including sexually transmitted diseases as well as benign prostatic hyperplasia, urinary stones, and malignant tumors, and may not be obvious. When examining patients with fever of unknown origin, it is necessary to exclude not only infectious diseases but also collagen diseases and malignant tumors. If there are any doubts, we recommend a rectal exam and consultation with a urologist.
KW - acute bacterial prostatitis
KW - chronic prostatitis
KW - prostate abscess
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U2 - 10.1111/iju.15390
DO - 10.1111/iju.15390
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85182453451
SN - 0919-8172
VL - 31
SP - 459
EP - 463
JO - International Journal of Urology
JF - International Journal of Urology
IS - 5
ER -