Following a long history of intermittent back pain and urinary urgency, a 50-year-old client has been diagnosed with chronic bacterial prostatitis. Which of the following factors is most likely to influence his health care provider's choice of treatment?
A) The diagnosis is thought to have an autoimmune etiology with limited response to steroid treatments.
B) Antibacterial drugs penetrate poorly into the chronically inflamed prostate.
C) Urethral catheterization provides symptom relief and contributes to resolution of the underlying infection.
D) There are no proven treatments for chronic prostatitis that address the infectious process.

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The fact that antibacterial drugs penetrate poorly into the chronically inflamed prostate makes treatment difficult. Inflammatory prostatitis, not chronic prostatitis, is believed to be an autoimmune problem. Urethral catheterization does not provide resolution of the underlying infection, though treatment modalities do exist.

Following a Long History of Intermittent Back Pain and Urinary