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- Title
Candida prostatitis: A rare entity.
- Authors
Singh, Shabnam; Singh, Meeta; Bains, Lovenish; Sagar, Tanu
- Abstract
Prostatitis may present with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) attributable to acute and chronic bacterial infections (NIH Category I/II) or as asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis (NIH Category IV). Patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, (CP/CPPS, NIH Category III) may present with a wide range of symptoms resulting from varied etiology, however, seldom caused by fungal infections. Occasional case reports have been published on prostatitis due to Candida sp. We report a case of an elderly diabetic patient who underwent perurethral prostatic resection (TURP) for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and returned with complaints of LUTS and perineal discomfort one month later. After repeat surgery, the TURP chips on histopathology showed features of prostate hyperplasia and prostatitis with numerous hyphae and yeast forms of Candida admixed with acute and chronic inflammatory exudate. After confirmation by special stains and positive urine culture, a final diagnosis of prostatic candidiasis was made.
- Publication
Tropical Doctor, 2023, Vol 53, Issue 2, p282
- ISSN
0049-4755
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00494755221147962