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Can a Urinary Tract Infection Cause a High PSA?04/11/2006 |
My father-in-law is 68 recently had a urinary tract infection. He is on antibiotics to clear the infection. He had a PSA test during this infection with a 35 or 36 reading. Can that number be that high with this infection?
An acute urinary infection can raise the PSA to that level or higher. In these situations I typically will repeat the PSA approximately 6 weeks after the infection has been adequately treated. Not uncommonly, the number comes down quite a bit, oftentimes to normal levels.
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Martin I Resnick, MD Formerly, Professor and Chair Department of Urology University Hospitals School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |
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