Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. BET 1: Is there a role for serum prostate-specific antigen level in the diagnosis of acute prostatitis?

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 …