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Table 3 Bacteriological results of urine cultures versus mode of contamination in a series of 371 acute prostatitis (AP)

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

 

Bacteriological results of urine cultures

 

Total patients

Community-acquired AP

Nosocomial AP

Community-acquired versusnosocomial AP

 

n = 371

n = 295

n = 76

p value

Urine culture

347 (94%)

271 (92%)

76 (100%)

0.02

   Sterile

122 (35%)

96 (35%)

29 (38%)

0.71

   Positive

225 (65%)

178 (66%)

47 (62%)

0.71

One strain

196 (87%)

159 (89%)

37 (79%)

0.09

≥ 2 strains

29 (13%)

19 (11%)

10 (21%)

0.09

Isolated strains

270

213 (79%)

57 (21%)

< 0.001

   E. coli

    

All types

157 (58%)

142 (68%)

15 (26%)

< 0.01

Ampicillin-S

95 (61%)

88 (62%)

7 (50%)

0.4

Nalidixic acid-S

119 (76%)

110 (78%)

9 (57%)

0.2

Ofloxacin-S

130 (83%)

120 (85%)

10 (64%)

0.2

Cotrimoxazole-S

122 (78%)

115 (81%)

7 (43%)

< 0.01

   Proteus

16 (6%)

11 (5%)

5 (9%)

0.5

   KES group

24 (9%)

18 (8%)

6 (11%)

0.8

   Enterococcus

16 (6%)

8 (4%)

8 (14%)

0.02

   P. aeruginosa

20 (7%)

8 (4%)

12 (21%)

< 0.01

   S. aureus

8 (3%)

3 (1%)

5 (9%)

0.02

   Others

29 (11%)

23 (11%)

6 (11%)

0.9