It is the easiest to diagnose and treat effectively. The man with this disease often has chills, fever, pain in the lower back and genital area, urinary frequency and urgency often at night, burning or painful urination, body aches, and a demonstrable infection of the urinary tract, as evidenced by white blood cells and bacteria in the urine.
Treatment is with an appropriate antibiotic.
Chronic bacterial prostatitis is also relatively uncommon. It is basically acute prostatitis associated with an underlying defect in the prostate, a focal point for bacterial persistence in the urinary tract. Effective treatment usually requires identification and removal of the defect and then treatment with antibiotics. However, antibiotics often do not cure the infection. Nonbacterial prostatitis is the most common form of the disease.