Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan; Corresponding author at: Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Toyama University Hospital, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama City, 930-0194, Japan.
Akitoshi Ueno
Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Hitoshi Kawasuji
Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Yuki Miyajima
Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Koyomi Kawago
Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Yuichiro Hishikawa
Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Yoshinori Ikehata
Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Yasuyoshi Fujiuchi
Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Hiroshi Kitamura
Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Yoshihiro Yamamoto
Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Nocardia farcinica usually infects the respiratory tract and can sometimes cause central nervous system infections; however, it rarely infects the prostate. Here we report the first case of N. farcinica detected in the purulence specimen drained from a prostate abscess. A 70-year-old Japanese male receiving steroid and cyclosporine treatment came to our department with chief complaint of turbid urine. Computed tomography revealed a low-density lesion in his prostate. Antibiotic administration and prostatic drainage were effective. N. farcinica was detected in the cultures of urine and prostatic drainage purulence specimens. Nocardiosis should be included in the differential diagnosis in immunosuppressive patients with prostate abscess. Keywords: Nocardia farcinica, Prostate abscess, Immunocompromised host
