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Publication Information

PubMed ID
Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2002
Affiliation
Department of Urology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Authors
Alexander RB, Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network Study Group, Fowler JE Jr, Knauss JS, Kusek JW, Landis JR, Litwin MS, Mazurick CA, Nadler RB, Nickel JC, Nyberg LM, O'Leary MP, Pontari MA, Propert KJ, Schaeffer AJ, Shoskes DA, Zeitlin SI
Citation
Schaeffer AJ, Knauss JS, Landis JR, Propert KJ, Alexander RB, Litwin MS, Nickel JC, O'Leary MP, Nadler RB, Pontari MA, Shoskes DA, Zeitlin SI, Fowler JE Jr, Mazurick CA, Kusek JW, Nyberg LM, Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network Study Group. Leukocyte and bacterial counts do not correlate with severity of symptoms in men with chronic prostatitis: the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Cohort Study. J Urol 2002 Sep;168(3):1048-53.

Abstract

We examine whether leukocytes and bacteria correlate with symptom severity in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.