Does the chronic prostatitis/pelvic pain syndrome differ from nonbacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia?
Krieger JN; Jacobs RR; Ross SO Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA. PURPOSE: The new consensus classification considers the chronic prostatitis/pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) based on presence or absence of leukocytes in the expressed prostatic secretions, post-massage urine or seminal fluid analysis. We compared classification based on evaluation of these 3 specimens to the traditional classification based on expressed prostatic secretion examination alone. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective clinical and laboratory protocol was used to evaluate symptomatic patients who had no evidence of urethritis, acute bacterial prostatitis or chronic bacterial prostatitis. RESULTS: Thorough clinical and microbiological evaluation of 310 patients attending our prostatitis clinic was used to select a population of 140 subjects who provided optimal expressed prostatic secretion, post-massage urine and semen specimens. Inflammation was documented
