Red man syndrome caused by intracavernous irrigation with vancomycin at the time of placing penile implants

Mohamad Moussa; Mohamad Abou Chakra; Athanasios Papatsoris; Athanasios Dellis; Yasmine Moussa

doi:10.4081/aiua.2021.1.86

Red man syndrome caused by intracavernous irrigation with vancomycin at the time of placing penile implants

Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2021 Mar 19;93(1):86-87. doi: 10.4081/aiua.2021.1.86.

Authors

Mohamad Moussa¹, Mohamad Abou Chakra², Athanasios Papatsoris³, Athanasios Dellis⁴, Yasmine Moussa⁵

Affiliations

¹ Urology Department, Zahraa Hospital, University Medical Center, Lebanese University, Beirut. [email protected].
² Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, Lebanese University, Beirut. [email protected].
³ 2nd Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sismanoglio Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens. [email protected].
⁴ Department of Urology/General Surgery, Areteion Hospital, Athens. [email protected].
⁵ Clinic of Dermatology, Dr. Brinkmann, Schult and Samimi-Fard, Gladbeck. [email protected].

PMID: 33754617
DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2021.1.86

Abstract

To the Editor, Erectile dysfunction is a condition that affects more than half of men between 40 and 70 years of age. Penile prosthesis (PP) implant is recognized, at present, as the most effective option to obtain an artificial erection satisfactory for sexual intercourse in those patients in which the pharmacological approach is contraindicated or ineffective. [...].

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
Drug Hypersensitivity / etiology*
Erythema / chemically induced*
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / chemically induced*
Male
Penile Implantation*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / prevention & control*
Syndrome
Therapeutic Irrigation
Vancomycin / administration & dosage
Vancomycin / adverse effects*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin