[Dr. Narciso Serrallach Mauri's Urological Records].

We present a summary of the most interesting works and commentaries by Dr. Norciso Serrallach Mauri, presented in Urological Records, a journal edited under his direction continuously from 1913 to 1935, annually or every six months. The state-of-the-art urological topics of the time rising the highest interest can be found in the journal, as well as in the publications and activities of the medical societies where he carried out his professional urological activity.

Acute bacterial prostatitis: two different sub-categories according to a previous manipulation of the lower urinary tract.

Acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP) (NIH Category I), has not undergone any modification in the update of prostatitis classification. ABP was diagnosed in 614 patients in our centre over 9 years (1993-2001). We analyse the clinical pattern of ABP and the role of bladder outlet obstruction in its etiology, as well as whether two different ABP sub-categories could be defined as a function of a history of previous manipulation of the lower urinary tract.