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Mr. Kelliher Case Study

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Mr. Kelliher is a 67 year old man with past medical history of IDDM, CAD and BPH who presented with recent history of MSSA blood stream infection. He was in his usual state of health until 4 weeks ago when he had bilateral hernia repair on 7/20. He was discharged from day surgery on the same day. Within 24 hours after discharged, he developed a urinary retention and went to ER, where Foley catheter was placed and again discharged home with an appointment to be seen by Urology . On 7/29, he was seen in Urology clinic and a Cystoscopy was done which showed BPH and planning for TURP procedure at a later date.

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