[Diagnostic role of interleukin-8 determination in chronic prostatitis].
Measurements were made of interleukine-8 (IL-8) levels in ejaculate, prostatic secretion, blood serum of 60 patients with latent chronic prostatitis (CP). These levels were higher in CP patients than in healthy subjects. A rise in concentrations of IL-8 in prostatic secretion and ejaculate correlates with other inflammation markers. This may indicate the degree of CP activity. No relationship between IL-8 levels in ejaculate and prostatic secretion, and large dispersion of this marker allow using this criterion for diagnosis in combination with other indices of local immunity.
Al'-Shukri
S Kh
SKh
Bobkov
Iu A
IuA
Galkina
O V
OV
Gorbachev
A G
AG
Kozlov
V V
VV
Totolian
A A
AA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
D016209:Interleukin-8
Diagnosticheskaia rol' opredeleniia interleĭkina-8 pri khronicheskom prostatite.