title: Antimicrobial therapy for bacterial and nonbacterial prostatitis.
abstract: Antimicrobial therapy is the standard of care for the unusual man with true chronic bacterial prostatitis but does not have much of a role in the treatment of men with nonbacterial prostatitis. The fluoroquinolone antibiotics given for 2 to 4 weeks will cure about 70% of chronic bacterial infections of the prostate. If this treatment fails, the symptomatic manifestations of the infections can almost always be eliminated with suppressive antimicrobial therapy using trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, or nitrofurantoin.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. jfowler@surgery.umsmed.edu
authors.forename: Jackson E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009582:Nitrofurantoin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D009582:Nitrofurantoin