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P Panagopoulos1, A Antoniadou, K Kanellakopoulou
14th Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital ATTIKON, Athens, Greece. ppanag@med.uoa.gr
Abstract:
A cohort study of patients (pts) presenting with symptoms of chronic prostatitis over 2 years was performed. Appropriate antimicrobials were administered to confirmed cases of chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) after a Stamey-meares (S-M) test for a period of 6 weeks and the test was repeated 1 and 6 months post therapy completion. 145 male patients presented for evaluation. the most prevalent symptoms included dysuria (68%), frequency (38%), and pain which was present in 50%. S-M testing was performed in 69% and expressed prostatic specimen was collected in 53.8%. the diagnosis of CBP was established in 26.9% of the total cohort. Escherichia coli (28.2%) and Enterococcus spp (23.1%) were the most frequently implicated pathogens and ciprofloxacin the most commonly prescribed antimicrobial. A 12-month follow-up was completed in 87% of the pts and 35.3% relapsed a mean of 4.75 months after the initial treatment.
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