Aeromonas sobria prostatitis and septic shock in a healthy man with chronic alcoholic consumption

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2007 Nov;60(6):400-1.

Abstract

Prostate infection caused by Aeromonas sobria has not been reported in the literature. We presented a 44-year-old healthy man with a habit of alcoholic consumption who was admitted because of primary A. sobria prostatitis with septicemia. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous ofloxacin and was uneventful after a half-year follow-up. Based on our rare case, we suggest to clinical physicians that prostatitis might be considered in healthy male patients with A. sobria bacteremia and a vague primary infection focus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aeromonas / isolation & purification*
  • Alcoholism / complications*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatitis / microbiology*
  • Shock, Septic / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents