title: Detection of sexually transmitted pathogens in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain: a prospective clinical study.
abstract: In <10% of patients with prostatitis syndrome, a causative uropathogenic organism can be detected. It has been shown that certain organisms that cause sexually transmitted infections can also cause chronic bacterial prostatitis, which can be hard to diagnose and treat appropriately because prostatic samples obtained by prostatic massage are not routinely tested to detect them. We conducted a clinical study to determine the prevalence of Chlamydia, mycoplasma, and trichomonas infection in 254 patients that were previously diagnosed and treated for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome due to negative urethral swab, urine, and prostate samples. Urethral swabs and standard Meares-Stamey four-glass tests were done. Detailed microbiological analysis was conducted to detect the above organisms. Thirty-five (13.8%) patients had positive expressed prostatic secretions/VB3 samples, of which 22 (10.1%) were sexually transmitted organisms that were not detected on previous tests.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Dino
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Papeš
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Miram
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pasini
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jerončić
authors.affiliation: 3 Department for Urogenital infections, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases 'Dr. Fran Mihaljević', Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vargović
authors.affiliation: 3 Department for Urogenital infections, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases 'Dr. Fran Mihaljević', Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kotarski
authors.affiliation: 3 Department for Urogenital infections, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases 'Dr. Fran Mihaljević', Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Alemka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Markotić
authors.affiliation: 3 Department for Urogenital infections, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases 'Dr. Fran Mihaljević', Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Višnja
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Škerk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002689:Chlamydia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D008875:Middle Aged; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014244:Trichomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Diagnosis; Europe; Trichomonas vaginalis; men; prostatitis; sexually transmitted infections