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Acute prostatitis

Última revisão: 22 Jul 2025
Última atualização: 21 Feb 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • fever, chills, malaise
  • tender prostate
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • age <50 years
  • urinary frequency
  • dysuria
  • diminished urinary stream
  • perineal pain
  • warm or soft, boggy gland
  • indwelling urinary catheter
  • recent transrectal prostate biopsy
  • recent transurethral surgery
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Fatores de risco

  • urinary tract infection (UTI)
  • benign prostatic enlargement
  • urinary tract instrumentation/manipulation
  • poor general health/immunosuppression
  • smoking and alcohol consumption
  • genetics
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • urinalysis
  • urine culture
  • blood cultures
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Tests to avoid

  • prostatic biopsy
  • serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • transrectal ultrasound
  • 4-glass or 2-glass test
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

signs of sepsis

without signs of sepsis

Colaboradores

Autores

Christopher Chapple, BSc, MD, FRCS (Urol), FEBU

Honorary Senior Lecturer of Urology

University of Sheffield

Consultant Urological Surgeon

Department of Urology

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Sheffield

UK

Declarações

CC is a consultant for Astellas, Contura, Ferring, Symimetic, Takeda, and Urovant Sciences. He is an author for Astellas and Ferring. He is an investigator for Allergan, Astellas, Ferring, Poesis Medical, and Bayer. He is a co-patent holder for Symimetic. He is a speaker for Allergan and Astellas.

Altaf Mangera, MBChB (Hons), MD, FRCS (Urol)

Consultant Urologist

Department of Urology

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Sheffield

UK

Declarações

AM declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Dr Christopher Chapple and Dr Altaf Mangera would like to gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Robyn Webber MB, ChB, MD, FRCSEd (Urol) to this topic. Not disclosed.

Revisores

Hans Hedelin, MD

Department of Urology and Centre for Research and Development

Karnsjukhuset

Skovde

Sweden

Declarações

HH declares that he has no competing interests.

Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FRCP

Professor of Medicine

University of Washington

VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Seattle

WA

Declarações

BAL has received research funding from, and been a consultant to, several pharmaceutical companies that make antibiotic agents that might be used for treating bacterial prostatitis.

Referências

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Principais artigos

Rothman JR, Jaffe WI. Prostatitis: updates on diagnostic evaluation. Curr Urol Rep. 2007 Jul;8(4):301-6. Resumo

Krieger JN, Lee SW, Jeon J, et al. Epidemiology of prostatitis. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2008 Feb;31(suppl 1):S85-90.Texto completo  Resumo

European Association of Urology. Guidelines on urological infections. 2022 [internet publication].Texto completo

Nickel JC. Prostatitis. Can Urol Assoc J. 2011 Oct;5(5):306-15.Texto completo  Resumo

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Prostatitis (acute): antimicrobial prescribing. Oct 2018 [internet publication].Texto completo

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