Table 1.

Mode of contamination and medical history of 371 patients 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%)