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Case Reports
. 1984 Aug;77(8):1053-4.
doi: 10.1097/00007611-198408000-00034.

Amebic prostatitis

D A Goff, R A Davidson
Case Reports

Amebic prostatitis

D A Goff et al. South Med J. 1984 Aug.

Abstract

A man with persistent prostatitis despite antibiotic therapy was found to have amebas compatible with Entamoeba histolytica in his urine after prostatic massage. Two indirect hemagglutination titers for E histolytica were negative. The patient had a prompt response to metronidazole therapy. Prostatitis due to amebic infection should be considered in patients who do not respond symptomatically to standard antibiotic therapy.

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