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BET 1: IS THERE A ROLE FOR SERUM PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN LEVEL IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE PROSTATITIS?
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Accepted 13 June 2008
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Report by Ming-Ju Hsieh
Search checked by Zui-Shen Yen, Assistant Professor
Institution: National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
In [a male adult with fever] does [serum prostate specific antigen level] assist in [the diagnosis of acute prostatitis]?
A 60-year-old man with fever for 5 days is brought to the emergency department by his family. He has no other somatic symptoms except for fever. The results of the physical examination are within normal limits except for a moderately enlarged prostate. Laboratory studies including chest film and urine analysis show no specific findings. You wonder whether serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level would assist in the diagnosis of acute prostatitis.
Medline, OVID interface on the world wide web, 1966 to February 2008. Cochrane Library on the world wide web. Medline: {(exp prostate specific antigen OR PSA.mp) AND (exp prostatitis OR prostatitis.mp) AND (acute.mp)} LIMIT to human AND English. Cochrane Library: [prostate].
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