Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a common but poorly understood condition. Previously known as 'non-bacterial' prostatitis, CP/CPPS is the most common clinical ...

Herein is proposed a simple and cost-effective screen for prostatitis, which involves the culture and microscopic examination of urine before and after prostatic massage. This Pre and Post Massage ...

1 do not describe obtaining cultures of expressed prostatic secretions or post-massage urine in order to exclude asymptomatic chronic bacterial prostatitis as the source of inflammation and PSA ...

“Leukocyte count in post-prostatic-massage urine may be clinically useful for screening and identification of asymptomatic prostatitis before biopsy, which may enhance the specificity of PSA ...