...Hua Luo; Gaoyuan Liao; Xiaobo Wang; Chao He; Yanghan Liu Introduction: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common condition in older men, marked by the noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland. Inflammation of the prostate plays a significant role in the progression of BPH...

...Francesco Chiancone; Maurizio Carrino; Clemente Meccariello; Luigi Pucci; Maurizio Fedelini; Paolo Fedelini Introduction: To evaluate the efficacy of Bifiprost® + Serenoa Repens 320 mg versus Serenoa Repens 320 mg alone for the prevention of chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) due...

...Matteo Boltri; Vittorio Magri; Emanuele Montanari; Gianpaolo Perletti; Alberto Trinchieri Background: The aim of this study was the development of quantitative assessment of prostatic calcifications at prostatic ultrasound examination by the use of an image analyzer. Materials and Methods: A group...

...Xiaojun Li; Ting Jiang; Feng Liu; Xuefeng Shao; Ye Xu; Weixin Sheng; Wei Sun Objective: To evaluate the clinical potential of urine prostatic exosomal protein (PSEP) as a diagnostic biomarker of chronic prostatitis (CP). Materials and methods: Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit, urine...

...Sotirios Tsiodras; Garyfalia Poulakou; Konstantinos Leventakos; Helen Panopoulou; Antonia Elezoglou; Kassiani Manoloudaki; Michail Chrisofos; George Petrikkos; Ioannis G. Panayiotides Prostatic involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GWP), formerly known as Wegener's granulomatosis...

... years. On voiding cystourethrography, he had intravasation of contrast into the prostatic ducts, vas deferens and epididymal ducts suggestive of UEDR which might be the cause of his scrotal pain due to recurrent episodes of epididymitis. Complete resolution of voiding symptoms and recurrent scrotal pain...

...Mohammed Torky; Ashraf Mosharafa; Ashraf Emran; Ayman Kamal; Mohammed Abdelhamid Objectives: To assess the effects of a 4-week levofloxacin course on PSA in asymptomatic men with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and on prostate biopsy decision. Methods: Fifty asymptomatic men with elevated...

...Pietro Pepe; Francesco Aragona Introduction: To evaluate if an inflammatory pattern at primary biopsy is associated with a lower risk for cancer in men submitted to repeated saturation prostate biopsy (SPBx). Methods: From January 2005 to January 2010, 320 patients, after a negative primary...

...Choong Bum Lee; U-Syn Ha; Seung Hyuk Yim; Hyun Rim Lee; Dong Wan Sohn; Chang Hee Han; Yong-Hyun Cho Aim: To evaluate the preventive effect of finasteride on chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP), Wistar rats were divided into four groups: control, ciprofloxacin, finasteride, and ciprofloxacin...

... chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Patients and Methods: 102 patients with IIIa CP/CPPS were enrolled and randomized into two groups each to receive Profluss or S. repens alone for 8 weeks. Evaluation was based on results of the National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis...

...H.W. Bauer; D. Bach The measurement of prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2 ) concentrations in the serum and prostatic fluid of healthy men, patients with prostatic hyperplasia and of patients with prostatitis was attempted and correlated to the state of disease, respectively. PGE 2 -concentrations...

...W. Weidner; W. Krause; H.G. Schiefer; H. Brunner; H.J. Friedrich Ureaplasma urealyticum is considered an etiologic agent in urogenital tract infections, especially prostatitis. Using the ‘four-specimen technique’, diagnosis can be based upon significant numbers of these microorganisms. In ejaculate...

... to the alterations which were provoked by exogenous or iatrogenic influences. The voiding pattern of young children differs from that of adults when comparing psychosomatic symptoms such as prostatitis or enuresis. Urine retention and megalocystis were characteristic findings of psychotic patients whereas...

..., the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network developed and validated the NIH Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI). The aim of the current study was to develop and validate a fluent and comprehensive Arabic version of the NIH-CPSI. Methods: This study...

... the histological subgroups to assess whether it was discriminating. Methods: 97 consecutive patients with PSA >4 ng/dl and scheduled for prostate biopsy were included in this prospective study. 65 patients (group 1) were then put on medical treatment of ciprofloxacin 500 mg bid and diclofenac sodium 75 mg...

... diseases. Therefore, in our continuing investigation to clarify the significance of leukocytosis and its prolongation in prostatic fluid from prostatitis patients, we investigated whether low levels of IL-1ra versus IL-1β secreted in prostatic fluid were the cause of prolonged prostatitis, especially...