|
KMID : 1037120150330010036
|
|
The World Journal of Men′s Health
2015 Volume.33 No. 1 p.36 ~ p.38
|
|
|
Spontaneous Corpus Cavernosum Abscess in a Healthy Man Using Long-Term Androgenic Anabolic Steroids
|
|
Tuzel Emrel
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
Abscess formation of the corpus cavernosum is very rare. Here, we report a case of long-term anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) abuse that is suspected to have facilitated the development of a corpus cavernosum abscess in a healthy bodybuilder. Cultures obtained from the abscess contained Staphylococcus epidermidis, a microorganism that almost exclusively affects immunocompromised patients. Therefore, prompt drainage of pus from cavernosal bodies should be the primary aim of the treatment. This case illustrates the potential danger of AAS suppressing the immune system and causing a serious infection.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Abscess, Anabolic agents, Infection, Staphylococcus epidermidis
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
   
|