[Prostatitis diagnosis. Studies on objectivation and differential diagnosis of various forms of prostatitis]

In 233 patients suffering from chronic prostatitis, increased granulocyte counts in prostatic secretions revealed real inflammation in 111 patients (47,6%): four patients (1,7%) suffered from specific and 22 (9,4%) from chronic bacterial prostatitis. In 85 men (36,5%) "non-bacterial" prostatitis was evident, whereby in 22 (9,4%) ureaplasma-associated prostatitis was obvious. 26 men (11,2%) showed increased granulocyte counts in prostatic secretions, in these cases the mere microbiological finding was C. trachomatis. In 28 cases (15,9%) concomitant inflammatory urethral reactions were the only clinical finding.