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Prostatitis revisited: new definitions, new approaches.

John N Krieger1

  • 1Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Section of Urology (112-GU), 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA. jkrieger@u.washington.edu

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
|July 10, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) diagnosis requires more than traditional EPS examination. Evaluating EPS, VB3, and SFA improves diagnostic precision for inflammatory CP/CPPS.

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Area of Science:

  • Urology
  • Andrology
  • Microbiology

Background:

  • Prostatitis syndromes are a significant healthcare burden.
  • Current classification has limitations in diagnosing inflammatory chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of traditional and novel methods for prostatitis.
  • To determine optimal diagnostic strategies for CP/CPPS.

Main Methods:

  • Comparison of traditional prostatitis classification with consensus schemes.
  • Analysis of expressed prostatic secretions (EPS), VB3, and seminal fluid analysis (SFA) for diagnosing inflammatory CP/CPPS.

Main Results:

  • Traditional categories for acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis remain unchanged.

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  • Examining only EPS diagnoses only half of patients with inflammatory CP/CPPS.
  • Optimal diagnosis requires evaluation of EPS, VB3, and SFA.

    • Conclusions:

    • Enhanced diagnostic precision for CP/CPPS is achievable through combined analysis of EPS, VB3, and SFA.
    • The clinical significance of this enhanced diagnostic precision requires further investigation.
    • Research initiatives are focusing on the etiology and treatment of chronic prostatitis.