Table 2. The pathogen eradication data on the basis of the time lag between the end of therapy and the end of the follow-up period.

Time	End of treatment				3–5 months				6–8 months
	Group 1		Group 2		Group 1		Group 2		Group 1		Group 2
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
No. of evaluated patients	39	100	62	100	38	97.4	57	91.9	35	89.7	53	85.5
Eradication	32	82.0	54	87.1	20	51.3*	46	74.2	17	43.6*	45	72.6
Relapse	—		—		9		5		3		—
Superinfection	—		—		3		3		0		1
Lost to follow-up	—		—		1		5		4		9

Group 1: chronic bacterial prostatitis with prostatic calculi; Group 2: chronic bacterial prostatitis without prostatic calculi; —:no corresponding item.

*P<0.01, vs. Group 2.