title: [Prostatitis].
abstract: A very frequent disease, prostatitis is always infectious in the acute form and rarely so in the chronic form (less than 10%). The management of acute prostatitis requires simplicity and efficiency. Fluoroquinolones taken for 3 weeks are the treatment of reference. The identification of chronic prostatitis requires the Meares and Stamey test, and the use of the 1995 NIH classification. Antibiotic treatment when indicated (confirmed or suspected infectious forms) has to be very prolonged (4 to 6 weeks). There are neither tests nor diagnostic markers for the non-infectious forms (chronic pelvic pain syndrome). From this fact, diagnostic explorations and the eventual treatments vary greatly and are currently not codified.
authors.affiliation: Service d'urologie, hôpital Foch, 92151 Suresnes. h.botto@hopital-foch.org
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Botto
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013577:Syndrome; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents