Author/Authors :
Zhu، Yongtong نويسنده Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. , , Wang، Chunyan نويسنده , , Pang، Xiang نويسنده Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. , , Li، Fei نويسنده Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. , , Chen، Wei نويسنده Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. , , Tan، Wanlong نويسنده Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. ,
Abstract :
Purpose: To determine whether antibiotics are beneficial in the management of category III
prostatitis.
Materials and Methods: The PubMed, Medline and Embase databases were searched for all
published documents from January 1, 1965 to September 1, 2012 without language restriction.
The randomized controlled trials that mentioned comparable groups of antibiotics treatment
versus placebo or other control group for patients with category III prostatitis were included
based on specific criteria. The quality of studies was assessed by the modified Jadad scale, and
Revman 5.0 software was used for data syntheses and analysis.
Results: Seven studies which met the selection criteria were included in this review. All of
them were high quality according to the modified Jadad scale. A random effect model was applied
because of the high heterogeneity. The meta-analysis showed that summary association
between category III prostatitis and antibiotics were not statistically significant.
Conclusion: Our meta-analysis reveals that antibiotics are not beneficial in the management of
category III prostatitis. Therefore, we may reduce the usage of antibiotics in such a population.
