Effect of castration on experimental bacterial prostatitis in rats.
Inoculation of Escherichia coli into the ventral lobe of the rat prostate produced positive bacterial cultures in the expressed fluid of all three lobes of the rat prostate for a prolonged period of time. Orchiectomy at the time of bacterial inoculation significantly shortened the interval of positive bacterial cultures in the prostate expressate.
D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D002369:Castration; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains