Proving Symmetry of Modified Maxwell Equations

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If there were magnetic monopole, the Maxwell equations should be modified as

[tex] \nabla\cdot\vec{B} = \mu_0\rho_m[/tex]

[tex] \nabla\times\vec{E} = - \frac{\partial \vec{B}}{\partial t} - \mu\vec{J}_m[/tex]

and plus the other two.

I wonder how to prove these two modified equations are of correct form? Someone told me they should be of those form because of symmetry. I would like to prove that mathematically but have no way to start ...
 
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Em,I think it's not possible by just derive theoretically and do not use the idea of symmetry,because Maxwell equations themselves are mathematical summaries of experimental laws,right?