Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia (Oct 2019)

Chronic prostatic infection: Microbiological findings in two Mediterranean populations

  • Konstantinos Stamatiou,
  • Vittorio Magri,
  • Gianpaolo Perletti,
  • Vaia Papadouli,
  • Nectaria Recleiti,
  • Vassiliki Mamali,
  • Olympia Zarkotou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2019.3.177
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 91, no. 3

Abstract

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Introduction/Aim: Despite accumulated knowledge, several microbiological aspects of chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) remain uncertain. The aim of our study was to determine microbiological characteristics on our CBP population. Materials: The material of this retrospective study consisted in bacterial isolates from urine and/or prostatic secretions or sperm cultures (total ejaculate) obtained from individuals with prostatitis symptoms and from patients with febrile relapses of CBP visiting our department, from 03/2009 to 03/2015. Retrospective data from an Italian single-center database (years 2009-2015) were also collected for a tentative comparison of pathogen prevalence between chronic bacterial prostatitis cases assessed in Greece and Italy. Results: A total of 389 bacterial isolates obtained from eligible Greek patients constituted the material of the study. While E coli was the most frequent individual pathogen, Gram-positive species were overly more frequent than Gram-negative. Besides the high frequency of E. coli and E. faecalis isolates the most remarkable similarity between Greek and Italian databases was the wide array of different Gram-positive and Gram-negative species isolated from CBP patients. Conclusions: In Greece, the incidence of CBP is possibly higher than that reported in international surveys. Similarities between Greek and Italian databases suggest geographical trends in CBP epidemiology.

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