PubMed ID:
12913707
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2003
Affiliation: Department of Urology, Queen's University, Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario K7L 2V7, Canada. jcn@post.queensu.ca
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000082252.49374.e9
Authors:
Alexander RB,
Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network Study Group,
Knauss JS,
Landis JR,
Nickel JC,
Propert KJ,
Schaeffer AJ
Studies:
Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network
Chronic prostatitis has been traditionally characterized by inflammation and/or infection of the prostate gland, objectively categorized by white blood cells and cultured bacteria in prostate specific specimens. We compared leukocyte counts and localization rates for bacterial cultures of segmented urine samples (VB1, VB2, VB3), expressed prostatic secretion (EPS) and semen in men diagnosed with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) to men without pelvic pain (controls).