Patient assessment in chronic prostatitis.
Assessment of men suffering from proven chronic prostatitis involves a cascade of diagnostic steps, including evaluation of symptoms and clinical features, objectivation of the inflammatory response in expressed prostatic secretions, standardized localization techniques for common bacteria and a search for fastidious, uncommon pathogens.
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Department of Urology, University of Giessen, Germany.
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