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  • Title: Staphylococcal septicaemia complicating intracavernosal autoinjection therapy for impotence in a man with diabetes.
    Author: Parfitt VJ, Wong R, Dobbie A, Hartog M, Gingell JC.
    Journal: Diabet Med; 1992 Dec; 9(10):947-9. PubMed ID: 1478042.
    Abstract:
    Intracavernosal injection of vasoactive drugs is a safe, effective, and commonly used treatment for impotence in diabetic men. In prospective studies infection has rarely occurred. We report a case of life-threatening Staphylococcal septicaemia complicating this treatment in a 61-year-old man with Type 2 diabetes, probably due to a combination of an unsterile technique and drug-induced priapism. Infection is a potential risk in diabetic men using intracavernosal injection therapy and those offered it should be informed of the importance of a scrupulous sterile technique and the need to seek urgent medical help for decompression if an erection persists for more than 4-6 h.
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