title: [Detection of interleukin-8 and nitric oxide in chronic prostatitis].
abstract: We detected levels of interleukin-8(IL-8) and nitric oxide(NO) in 62 prostatic fluids. The results were that microbiologic exam, IL-8 content, and NO level in control group were all negative; there was not significant difference on the microbiologic exam and NO level between the chronic prostatitis group and non-prostatitis group; there was significant difference between two groups of IL-8 positive ratio. These results suggest that the IL-8 detected in the prostatic fluid of patients with prostatitis may be a diagnostic indicator of prostatic infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Hunan Medical University, Changsha.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8; D009569:Nitric Oxide