[Study on the etiology of urinary tract infection and benign prostate hypertrophy in the patients referred to 501 hospital from 2005 to 2006]

Background: the urinary tract infection is common the etiologic of U.T.I is gram negative bacillary [especially E.coli] in general. Multiple risk factors as B.P.H, nephrolithiasis, diabete, previous U.T.I, folley catheter, genetic, cigarette and alcoholism is predispose to U.T.I

Material and methods: in this study urine culture of 100 male patients with U.T.I and B.P.H evaluated

Results: the most common etiologic causes U.T.I in B.P.H is E.coli [80%], other causes is proteus [10%] and klebsiella [5%]

Conclusions: thus, our data show causes of U.T.I in male with B.P.H like to other general population