Objective: to determine the factors associated with the presence of acute bacterial prostatitis in patients undergoing transrectal prostate biopsy between 2015 and 2019 at an Army Forces Hospital in Lima, Peru. Materials and methods: this is a retrospective observational and cross-sectional study. Clinical records from 142 patients were reviewed, which were selected using non-probabilistic sampling. We analyzed factors associated with the occurrence of acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP) in patients undergoing a transrectal prostate biopsy (model 1), and the number of factors associated with ABP (model 2). Results: the rate of ABP was 15.5%. This condition was more prevalent in subjects with diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic renal failure. In model 1, a past history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (aPR: 3.18; 95% CI: 0.92–11.03), high blood pressure (aPR: 1.78; 95% CI: 0.53–5.98), ...

Objective: to determine the factors associated with the presence of acute bacterial prostatitis in patients undergoing transrectal prostate biopsy between 2015 and 2019 at an Army Forces Hospital in Lima, Peru. Materials and methods: this is a retrospective observational and cross-sectional study. Clinical records from 142 patients were reviewed, which were selected using non-probabilistic sampling. We analyzed factors associated with the occurrence of acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP) in patients undergoing a transrectal prostate biopsy (model 1), and the number of factors associated with ABP (model 2). Results: the rate of ABP was 15.5%. This condition was more prevalent in subjects with diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic renal failure. In model 1, a past history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (aPR: 3.18; 95% CI: 0.92–11.03), high blood pressure (aPR: 1.78; 95% CI: 0.53–5.98), ...