Adult urologySymptoms and inflammation in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome☆
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Population and clinical evaluation
The subjects were older than 18 years with symptoms for 3 months or longer. None had taken antimicrobial agents for 6 weeks or more and none had bacteriuria. After a standardized history and physical examination, urethral swabs were obtained for gram staining and cultures for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis,6 and Trichomonas vaginalis.7 Patients had microscopy and cultures of first-voided urine, mid-stream urine, EPS, and VB3 specimens to
Subjects
Of 348 patients evaluated, 130 (37%) met the study criteria. The reasons for exclusion included failure to provide semen or to provide this specimen within the specified interval (176 patients, 51%), failure to complete all symptom items (86 patients, 25%), and WBCs on the urethral smear or first-voided urine sample (65 patients, 19%). Some patients were excluded for more than one reason.
Of the 130 subjects, 48 (37%) had EPS WBCs, 22 (17%) had VB3 WBCs, and 46 (35%) had SFA WBCs. Of the 130
Comment
Patients with inflammatory CP/CPPS presented with more severe and more frequent symptoms than did those with noninflammatory CP/CPPS. Subjects with WBCs had higher or similar (but never lower) levels of symptoms as assessed by the total UWSS and the scores for each of the 21 items. The inflammatory group also had comparable or higher scores on each NIH-CPSI item.
These findings were surprising. Our 1991 report describing 75 patients with chronic prostatitis6 used the definition of nonbacterial
Conclusions
Patients with inflammatory CP/CPPS have more frequent and more severe symptoms than do patients without inflammation. To assess inflammation accurately, it is necessary to evaluate the SFA in addition to the EPS and VB3. The critical clinical question is whether patients with CPPS and inflammation should receive different treatment than patients without inflammation.
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This study was partially supported by grant RO1 DK38955 from the National Institutes of Health.