Brucella prostatic abscess: First case report

Dakdouki, GHENWA K.
Awar, GHASSAN N. Al

From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Submitted 27 December, 2004; accepted 14 January, 2005

Correspondence: G. Al Awar, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon PO Box: 113-6044, Hamra 11032090. Tel: +961 1 350000. Fax: +961 1 370814. E-mail: [email protected]

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 37(9):p 692-694, 2005.

Brucellosis is a multi-system disease that is endemic in many Mediterranean countries including Lebanon. However, human Brucella prostatic abscess was not reported in the English medical literature. We here describe the case of a young man who presented with fever and urinary symptoms, and who subsequently proved to have culture confirmed Brucella prostatic abscess. The culture of drained pus grew Brucella melitensis.