Man in Urgent Care w/ Fever, Chills, & Painful Urination – Let’s Diagnose

A 37-year-old man went to an urgent care clinic complaining of lower abdominal pain and lower back pain. He said he was having pain when urinating and felt like he had to use the bathroom much more frequently than usual for the past 2 days. He had a fever, chills, and myalgia as well. The patient found the doctor’s rectal exam excruciatingly painful.

Is it diverticulitisAcute prostatitisAcute cystitis? A urinary tract infection?

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