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. 2010 May;48(5):1935-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00425-10. Epub 2010 Mar 17.

Should blood cultures be performed for patients with acute prostatitis?

Manuel Etienne  1 , Martine Pestel-Caron, Claire Chapuzet, Ingrid Bourgeois, Pascal Chavanet, François Caron
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Should blood cultures be performed for patients with acute prostatitis?

Manuel Etienne et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 May.

Abstract

The diagnostic and prognostic values of blood cultures (BC) for 347 acute prostatitis inpatients were evaluated. BC were positive for 21% of patients and contributed to the microbiological diagnosis for 5%. Fever duration, length of hospitalization, use of an antibiotic combination, duration of antibiotic use, and urine bacterial titers increased when BC were positive.

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Comment in

  • Blood cultures for men with febrile urinary tract infection.
    Smithson A, Chico C, Sanchez M, Netto C, Bastida MT, Etienne M, Caron F. Smithson A, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jul;48(7):2662; author reply 2662-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00717-10. J Clin Microbiol. 2010. PMID: 20587807 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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