title: The four categories of prostatitis: a practical approach to treatment.
abstract: To diagnose prostatitis correctly and select appropriate therapy, one should use the Meares-Stamey technique for culturing urine and prostatic secretions and apply the classification system for prostatitis devised by the National Institutes of Health. The continuing search for an effective therapy for the most common type, chronic abacterial prostatitis, has led to adoption of treatments from other specialties and reevaluation of standard treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. pottsj@ccf.org
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Potts
mesh_terms: D042462:4-Quinolones; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000652:urine; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D042462:4-Quinolones; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D015415:Biomarkers; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen