title: Microbiology of the prostate.
abstract: Prostatitis is a common genitourinary disease in men. The National Institutes of Health has defined four types of prostatitis. The bacteriology of acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis is well understood. Causative organisms can be isolated by four-glass urine cultures. Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS; chronic abacterial prostatitis) is an enigma; whether there is a microbiologic cause for this condition is unknown. Researchers have postulated that CPPS may be an infectious disease of the prostate. This article reviews current literature regarding the microbiology of the prostate in CPPS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Washington, Box 356510, 1959 Pacific NE, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. jayclee @u.washington.edu
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000382:microbiology*; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000302:isolation & purification