A Nurse Practitioner Has a 30-Year-Old Male Patient Presenting with Fever

A nurse practitioner has a 30-year-old male patient presenting with fever and chills, urinary frequency and urgency, and pain with urination. A urine sample displays cloudy and foul-smelling urine. During digital rectal exam of the prostate, the nurse notes a thick white discharge. A likely diagnosis would be

A) urinary tract infection requiring a prescription of sulfur drugs.
B) acute bacterial prostatitis requiring antimicrobial therapy.
C) testicular cancer requiring appointment with an urologist.
D) inflammation of the epididymis requiring scrotal elevation.

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