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Table 1 Mode of contamination and medical history of 371 patients with acute prostatitis

From: Acute bacterial prostatitis: heterogeneity in diagnostic criteria and management. Retrospective multicentric analysis of 371 patients diagnosed with acute prostatitis

 

Total patients

Department of admission

  

Urology

Infectious Diseases

Internal Medicine

Geriatrics

 

n = 371

N = 178

n = 115

n = 48

n = 30

Mode of contamination

     

   Community-acquired

293 (79%)

140 (79%)

91 (79%)

41 (86%)

21 (71%)

   Nosocomial

78 (21%)

37 (21%)

24 (21%)

7 (14%)

9 (29%)

Hospital acquisition

58 (75%)

26 (69%)

18 (75%)

5 (72%)

8 (87%)

Outpatient with urinary catheter

20 (25%)

11(31%)

6 (25%)

2 (28%)

1 (13%)

Medical history

     

   Age (years)

     

Median

61

57

60

66

84

Range

18–99

19–96

18–88

22–99

69–96

   Number of co-morbidities

     

≤ 1

345 (93%)

175 (98%)

113 (98%)

33 (69%)

23 (78%)

≥ 2

26 (7%)

3 (2%)

2 (2%)

15 (31%)

7 (22%)

   Urological background

     

Past history of UTI

137 (37%)

53 (30%)

58 (50%)

21 (43%)

6 (19%)

Urinary drainage before admission

42 (11%)

23 (13%)

12 (10%)

4 (8%)

2 (7%)

Past history of anatomical urological disorder

45 (12%)

25 (14%)

14 (12%)

4 (8%)

7 (23%)

Past history of neurological bladder

60 (16%)

18 (10%)

15 (13%)

14 (30%)

12 (40%)