title: Short course oral prednisolone therapy in chronic abacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia: case reports of three responders and one non-responder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report on a small group of patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome treated with oral corticosteroids in order to suggest a hypothesis for a future randomised controlled trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective, observational report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three out of the four patients reported improvement in symptoms following steroid treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These reports suggest that there is scope for conducting a randomised, placebo controlled study to investigate the role of oral corticosteroids in patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome who have failed on conventional therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK. Sylvia.bates@csuh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Talbot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone