Prolonged Fever due to Tuberculous Prostatitis: A Case Report

Itthiphat Arunsurat¹, Wipa Reechaipichitkul¹, Apichart So-Ngern², Nipon Chaisuriya³, Pailin Ratanawatkul¹, Worawat Chumpangern¹

Affiliation : ¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, ² Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, ³ Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

There are various causes of prolonged fever. The most common causes are infection, malignancy, and inflammatory diseases. Primary tuberculous prostatitis is one of the unrecognized causes of prolonged fever. The present study of tuberculous prostatitis have been documented, and most of them occurred in immunocompromised patients. The present study described an unusual cause of prolonged fever due to primary tuberculous prostatitis in a 68-year-old immunocompetent man. He was response well to anti-tuberculosis therapy. No surgical intervention was required.

DOI:10.35755/jmedassocthai.2023.S01.13810

Keywords : Tuberculosis; Prostatitis; Tuberculous prostatitis; Prolonged fever

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