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BET 1: IS THERE A ROLE FOR SERUM PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN LEVEL IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE PROSTATITIS?
  1. Ming-Ju Hsieh,
  2. Zui-Shen Yen, Assistant Professor
  1. National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2008.063446

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      Report by Ming-Ju Hsieh

      Search checked by Zui-Shen Yen, Assistant Professor

      Institution: National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

      THREE-PART QUESTION

      In [a male adult with fever] does [serum prostate specific antigen level] assist in [the diagnosis of acute prostatitis]?

      CLINICAL SCENARIO

      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 …

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