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Bacteriological results of urine cultures versus mode of contamination in a series of 371 acute prostatitis (AP) |
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| Bacteriological results of urine cultures |
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| Total patients |
Community-acquired AP |
Nosocomial AP |
Community-acquired versus nosocomial AP |
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| n = 371 |
n = 295 |
n = 76 |
p value |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Etienne et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:12 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-12 |
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