Table 3

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


Bacteriological results of urine cultures



Total patients
Community-acquired AP
Nosocomial AP
Community-acquired versus nosocomial 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

Etienne et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:12   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-12