A Comparative Study of Clinical Symptoms and Treatment Outcomes of Acute Bacterial Prostatitis According to Urine Culture

摘要

PurposeBecause acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP) is an urgent condition of the prostate but prostatic massage is contraindicated at the onset of ABP, clinical symptoms and urine tests are used for diagnosis. In this study, we compared the clinical symptoms and treatment outcomes of patients with negative urine culture results, to whom only empirical antibiotics were administered, with those of patients with positive urine culture results.