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Classification of prostatitis with prostatic localization studies

Classification of prostatitis with prostatic localization studies
Category Mid-stream urine
(VB2)		 Expressed prostatic secretion Organism
White cells Culture White cells Culture
ABP ++ + ++ + Enterobacteriaceae
CBP + + + + Enterobacteriaceae
CP/CPPS, inflammatory − − + − None
CP/CPPS, noninflammatory − − − − None
Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis* − − + − None
ABP: acute bacterial prostatitis; CBP: chronic bacterial prostatitis; CP/CPPS: chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome; VB2: clean-catch mid-stream urine specimen.
* Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis is generally detected incidentally, for example, on a biopsy performed for a different purpose.
Adapted from: Doble A. Br J Urol 1994; 74:537 and Krieger JN, et al. JAMA 1999; 282:236.
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