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Please Note: Pre-Choice Triage is currently active for this specialty.
Symptoms characteristic of acute prostatitis include:
Signs of acute prostatitis include:
Signs of the bacteraemia:
Signs of chronic prostatitis:
No evidence of dehydration or haemodynamic instability.
Patients with acute bacterial prostatitis are often acutely unwell or may become so. Urgent referral to secondary care should be considered.
Advise patients on the following:
Send MSU and check microbiology advice
Treat accordingly:
Reassess after 24-48 hours
Adequate response to treatment
Inadequate response to treatment after appropriate antibiotic treatment:
If the patient:
Referral to Urologist for inpatient care via on-call Urologist
This guideline has been signed off on behalf of NHS Devon.
Publication date: November 2017