title: Patient assessment in chronic prostatitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weidner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ludwig