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