A 27-year-old male comes in to the clinic for symptoms of dysuria, urinary frequency, as well as urgency and perineal pain. Transrectal palpation of the prostate reveals a very tender, boggy, swollen prostate
The clinician should recognize these as signs of:
A. Prostatitis
B. Prostate cancer
C. Urethritis
D. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
ANS: A
Prostatitis is an acute or chronic infection of the prostate gland. Acute bacterial prostatitis is usually the result of infection by aerobic gram-negative rods (coliform bacteria or Pseudomonas). Enterococcus faecalis, an aerobic gram-positive bacteria, can also cause prostatitis. Routes of infection are ascent from the urethra, reflux of infected urine into the prostatic ducts, direct extension of bacteria, and migration via the lymphatic and vascular system. Acute symptoms commonly include fever, low back and perineal pain, possible penis pain, urinary urgency and frequency, nocturia, dysuria, and muscle and joint aches. Transrectal palpation of the prostate reveals a very tender, boggy, swollen prostate.
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