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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2009, p. 1607-1608, Vol. 47, No. 5
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02376-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Acute Prostatitis and Urosepsis after Sexual Relations in a Hot Tub{triangledown}

Lori M. Dulabon,1 Mark LaSpina,1 Scott W. Riddell,2 Deanna L. Kiska,2* and Michael Cynamon3

Department of Urology,1 Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, New York 13210,2 Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 800 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, New York 132103

Received 11 December 2008/ Returned for modification 4 February 2009/ Accepted 11 March 2009

We report a case of a previously healthy 38-year-old male with acute prostatitis and concurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa urosepsis. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis confirmed that the source of the organism was the patient's newly purchased hot tub, which was filled with water from a stream.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Pathology, Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210. Phone: (315) 464-6713. Fax: (315) 464-6817. E-mail: KISKAD{at}upstate.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 18 March 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2009, p. 1607-1608, Vol. 47, No. 5
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02376-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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