Antibody-coated bacteria in ejaculate in bacterial prostatitis.
In patients with bacteriologically proved prostatitis (Stamey test) ejaculate was examined for antibody-coated bacteria (ACB). Forty-four of the 68 patients (65%) with bacteriologically proved prostatitis had ACB in the ejaculate, but only 7 of 89 patients (8%) with prostatodynia. Concomitantly, coeruloplasmin and complement (C3) concentrations in the ejaculate were examined by radial immunodiffusion (RID). The ACB test had much higher specificity (92%) than RID, and the sensitivity of ACB was 65 per cent.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000032:analysis; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis / Q000382:microbiology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D003176:Complement C3; D002570:Ceruloplasmin