prostatitis

Summary

Summary: Inflammation of the prostate. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Chronic prostatitis: Charlottesville to Seattle
    John N Krieger
    Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
    J Urol 172:2557-60. 2004
  2. ncbi Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: symptoms are aggravated by cold and become less distressing with age and time
    Hans Hedelin
    Research and Development Centre and the Department of Urology, Karnsjukhuset, Skovde, Sweden
    Scand J Urol Nephrol 41:516-20. 2007
  3. ncbi Inflammation in prostate carcinogenesis
    Angelo M De Marzo
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Nat Rev Cancer 7:256-69. 2007
  4. ncbi Eradication of Enterococcus faecalis by phage therapy in chronic bacterial prostatitis--case report
    S Letkiewicz
    Urological and Andrological Clinic UROGEN, 42 600, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland
    Folia Microbiol (Praha) 54:457-61. 2009
  5. ncbi Pseudomonas aeruginosa acute prostatitis and urosepsis after sexual relations in a hot tub
    Lori M Dulabon
    Department of Urology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 47:1607-8. 2009
  6. ncbi Acute bacterial prostatitis after transrectal prostate needle biopsy: clinical analysis
    Kazuyoshi Shigehara
    Department of Urology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2 1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
    J Infect Chemother 14:40-3. 2008
  7. ncbi Gonorrhea, syphilis, clinical prostatitis, and the risk of prostate cancer
    Siobhan Sutcliffe
    Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Room E6138, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:2160-6. 2006
  8. ncbi Long-term results of multimodal therapy for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Daniel A Shoskes
    Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston and Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, USA
    J Urol 169:1406-10. 2003
  9. ncbi The correlation between serum prostate specific antigen levels and asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
    Cuneyt Ozden
    Department of Urology, Numune Education and Research Hospital, Cevizlidere Mah 14 Cad, Balgat 12 25, Ankara, 06100, Turkey
    Int Urol Nephrol 39:859-63. 2007
  10. ncbi Reduced semen quality in chronic prostatitis patients that induce the release of apoptotic protein Omi/HtrA2 from spermatozoa
    X Y Hu
    Department of Urology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated No 6 People s Hospital, Shanghai, China
    Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 10:104-8. 2007

Research Grants

  1. VIRULENCE FACTORS OF CHLAMYDIAE
    PRISCILLA WYRICK; Fiscal Year: 2009
  2. Anti-GM1b IgM for Detection of Localized Prostate Cancer
    Mepur Ravindranath; Fiscal Year: 2005
  3. Energy Balance-Related Hormones & Prostate Cancer Incidence & Progression
    Edward Giovannucci; Fiscal Year: 2010
  4. Rho-Modifying Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor of E. coli
    ALISON O BRIEN; Fiscal Year: 2009
  5. Role of E. coli Virulence Factors in Chronic Prostate Infection and Inflammation
    WALTER HOPKINS; Fiscal Year: 2007
  6. Rho-Modifying Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor of E. coli
    ALISON DAVIS O apos BRIEN; Fiscal Year: 2010
  7. MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF PATHOGENS IN OTITIS MEDIA BY PCR
    Garth Ehrlich; Fiscal Year: 2002
  8. Alternative Therapies for BPH, Multiethnic Variablility
    Steven Kaplan; Fiscal Year: 2004
  9. MULTISPECTRAL BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION
    STEVEN ROBLES; Fiscal Year: 2002
  10. VIRULENCE FACTORS OF CHLAMYDIAE
    PRISCILLA WYRICK; Fiscal Year: 2004

Detail Information

Publications182 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Chronic prostatitis: Charlottesville to Seattle
    John N Krieger
    Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
    J Urol 172:2557-60. 2004
    PURPOSE: Since few men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) have culturable bacteria by traditional approaches, we used sensitive molecular methods to determine presence of fastidious microorganisms...
  2. ncbi Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: symptoms are aggravated by cold and become less distressing with age and time
    Hans Hedelin
    Research and Development Centre and the Department of Urology, Karnsjukhuset, Skovde, Sweden
    Scand J Urol Nephrol 41:516-20. 2007
    To evaluate how age and the duration of the condition influence the distress caused by the chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and to study how heat and cold influence the symptoms associated with CP/ CPPS as ..
  3. ncbi Inflammation in prostate carcinogenesis
    Angelo M De Marzo
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Nat Rev Cancer 7:256-69. 2007
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  4. ncbi Eradication of Enterococcus faecalis by phage therapy in chronic bacterial prostatitis--case report
    S Letkiewicz
    Urological and Andrological Clinic UROGEN, 42 600, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland
    Folia Microbiol (Praha) 54:457-61. 2009
    The treatment of three patients suffering from chronic bacterial prostatitis who were qualified for an experimental phage therapy protocol managed at the Phage Therapy Unit in Wrocław is described...
  5. ncbi Pseudomonas aeruginosa acute prostatitis and urosepsis after sexual relations in a hot tub
    Lori M Dulabon
    Department of Urology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 47:1607-8. 2009
    We report a case of a previously healthy 38-year-old male with acute prostatitis and concurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa urosepsis...
  6. ncbi Acute bacterial prostatitis after transrectal prostate needle biopsy: clinical analysis
    Kazuyoshi Shigehara
    Department of Urology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2 1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
    J Infect Chemother 14:40-3. 2008
    We investigated the incidence and characteristics of acute bacterial prostatitis after transrectal prostate biopsy, based on urine and blood cultures, treatment method, and outcome...
  7. ncbi Gonorrhea, syphilis, clinical prostatitis, and the risk of prostate cancer
    Siobhan Sutcliffe
    Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Room E6138, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:2160-6. 2006
    ..Although previous case-control studies have observed positive associations among gonorrhea, syphilis, clinical prostatitis, and prostate cancer, many may have been susceptible to recall and interviewer biases due to their ..
  8. ncbi Long-term results of multimodal therapy for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Daniel A Shoskes
    Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston and Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, USA
    J Urol 169:1406-10. 2003
    PURPOSE: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome is a prevalent and multifactorial condition. Many patients have the condition for years despite conventional therapies...
  9. ncbi The correlation between serum prostate specific antigen levels and asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
    Cuneyt Ozden
    Department of Urology, Numune Education and Research Hospital, Cevizlidere Mah 14 Cad, Balgat 12 25, Ankara, 06100, Turkey
    Int Urol Nephrol 39:859-63. 2007
    Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis is a common pathological finding in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)...
  10. ncbi Reduced semen quality in chronic prostatitis patients that induce the release of apoptotic protein Omi/HtrA2 from spermatozoa
    X Y Hu
    Department of Urology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated No 6 People s Hospital, Shanghai, China
    Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 10:104-8. 2007
    The relationship between chronic prostatitis and fertility has been disputed for many years...
  11. ncbi The perspectives of the application of phage therapy in chronic bacterial prostatitis
    Sławomir Letkiewicz
    Phage Therapy Unit, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 60:99-112. 2010
    Chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) is a long-lasting and crippling disease that strongly impacts the patient's quality of life. The diagnosis of CBP is difficult and the treatment regimens are not always successful...
  12. ncbi An epidemiological study of patients with chronic prostatitis
    Chao-Zhao Liang
    Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
    BJU Int 94:568-70. 2004
    OBJECTIVE: To assess possible causes, clinical symptoms and improvements in treatment for chronic prostatitis in China...
  13. ncbi Prevalence of sexual dysfunction in Chinese men with chronic prostatitis
    Chao Zhao Liang
    Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China
    BJU Int 93:568-70. 2004
    To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of sexual dysfunction in Chinese men with chronic prostatitis.
  14. ncbi Antibiotic treatment can delay ejaculation in patients with premature ejaculation and chronic bacterial prostatitis
    Abdelrahman el Nashaar
    Department of Andrology, Sexology and STDs, Cairo, Egypt
    J Sex Med 4:491-6. 2007
    ..Previous studies reported that prostatic inflammation was highly prevalent in PE. However, the effect of antibiotic treatment of cases with PE and chronic prostatitis has not been extensively investigated.
  15. ncbi Terazosin therapy for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a randomized, placebo controlled trial
    Phaik Yeong Cheah
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
    J Urol 169:592-6. 2003
    PURPOSE: We evaluate terazosin therapy for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome...
  16. ncbi The prevalence of men with National Institutes of Health category IV prostatitis and association with serum prostate specific antigen
    Brett S Carver
    Department of Urology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
    J Urol 169:589-91. 2003
    ..PSA) levels in a screening population of men diagnosed with National Institutes of Health (NIH) category IV prostatitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In September of 2001, 300 men were randomly selected from our prostate cancer awareness ..
  17. ncbi A review of the development and validation of the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index
    Mark S Litwin
    David Geffen School of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Urology 60:14-8; discussion 18-9. 2002
    Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis or chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) causes morbidity, both through symptoms and associated impairment in health-related quality of life, both of which illustrate the importance of patient-centered ..
  18. ncbi [Investigation of chronic prostatitis and altered bowel habits]
    Hong Jun Li
    Laboratory of Reproduction and Genetics, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing, Command, PLA, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
    Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 8:338-40. 2002
    To explore the incidence, causes, and significance of altered bowel habits in chronic prostatitis.
  19. ncbi Seminal plasma cytokines and chemokines in prostate inflammation: interleukin 8 as a predictive biomarker in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and benign prostatic hyperplasia
    Giuseppe Penna
    BioXell, Milan, Italy
    Eur Urol 51:524-33; discussion 533. 2007
    This prospective study quantified cytokine and chemokine levels in seminal plasma of patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), to evaluate inflammatory mediators as ..
  20. ncbi Acupuncture ameliorates symptoms in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Richard Chen
    Trillium Medical Center, Acupuncture Foundation of Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
    Urology 61:1156-9; discussion 1159. 2003
    ..a pilot study whether acupuncture improved pain, voiding symptoms, and the quality of life of men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome...
  21. ncbi Identification of antigen-specific IgG in sera from patients with chronic prostatitis
    Edward J Dunphy
    Department of Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA
    J Clin Immunol 24:492-502. 2004
    ..We hypothesized that antigens of the prostate might be identified in patients with the chronic prostatitis/pelvic pain syndrome, a syndrome for which an autoimmune pathology has been proposed...
  22. ncbi Classification, epidemiology and implications of chronic prostatitis in North America, Europe and Asia
    J N Krieger
    Department of Urology, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
    Minerva Urol Nefrol 56:99-107. 2004
    The last decade has seen a resurgence of interest and exciting new research on chronic prostatitis and related syndromes...
  23. ncbi Acute and chronic prostatitis
    Vi N Hua
    Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Tarry 11 715, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Med Clin North Am 88:483-94. 2004
    In summary, prostatitis is a complex syndrome that spans a spectrum from acute prostatitis with a straightforward presentation to CP-CPPS with a complex array of symptoms...
  24. ncbi Prostatitis: epidemiology of inflammation
    Regula Doggweiler Wiygul
    University of Tennessee, Memphis, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 853 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103, USA
    Curr Urol Rep 6:282-9. 2005
    Approximately 8 million prostatitis-related outpatient visits per year have been reported worldwide. Only a small percentage presents with bacterial prostatitis...
  25. ncbi Self-report of prostatitis and its risk factors in a random sample of middle-aged men
    Ivan Rothman
    Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine; Seattle, Washington 98195-6510, USA
    Urology 64:876-9; discussion 879-80. 2004
    OBJECTIVES: To determine the risk factors for the self-reported history of prostatitis and to determine whether a self-reported history of prostatitis is related to the diagnosis of prostate cancer...
  26. ncbi Chronic bacterial prostatitis: an evolving clinical enigma
    J Curtis Nickel
    Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Urology 66:2-8. 2005
  27. ncbi Dyspnea and hemoptysis develop in a young man with prostatitis
    Carolina Q See
    Section of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital, 60612-7323, USA
    Chest 128:3625-8. 2005
  28. ncbi Chlamydia trachomatis occurrence and its impact on sperm quality in chronic prostatitis patients
    Ruben Dario Motrich
    Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología CIBICI CONICET, Departamento de Bioquimica Clinica, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Cordoba, Argentina
    J Infect 53:175-83. 2006
    The role of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) in the pathogenesis of chronic prostatitis and its impact on male fertility remain controversial...
  29. ncbi The overlapping lower urinary tract symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis
    J Curtis Nickel
    Department of Urology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Curr Opin Urol 16:5-10. 2006
    To investigate the relationship, diagnosis and treatment of the overlapping lower urinary tract symptoms experienced by men diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis.
  30. ncbi Prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Geoffrey M Habermacher
    Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    Annu Rev Med 57:195-206. 2006
    We review the diagnosis, categorization, and treatment of prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome based on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) classification. Prostatitis is an extremely common syndrome that afflicts 2%-10% of men...
  31. ncbi Chlamydial and ureaplasmal infections in patients with nonbacterial chronic prostatitis
    R R Badalyan
    Department of Urology, NIH, Yerevan, Armenia
    Andrologia 35:263-5. 2003
    ..of routine evaluation of patients with inflammatory (IIIA) and noninflammatory (IIIB) types of nonbacterial prostatitis (NBP) for chlamydial and ureaplasmal infections...
  32. ncbi Predictors of symptom severity in patients with chronic prostatitis and interstitial cystitis
    J Quentin Clemens
    Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    J Urol 175:963-6; discussion 967. 2006
    ..Numerous studies have been performed to identify potential risk factors for CP/CPPS and IC. However, few studies have been done to identify predictors of disease severity...
  33. ncbi Interleukin-8 levels in seminal plasma in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and nonspecific urethritis
    Abbas Khadra
    Department of Clinical Development Sciences Genitourinary Medicine, St George s, University of London, London
    BJU Int 97:1043-6. 2006
    To investigate whether a range of cytokines were detectable in the seminal plasma and urine of men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and nonspecific urethritis (NSU), and whether cytokine levels correlated ..
  34. ncbi Therapy for prostatitis, with emphasis on bacterial prostatitis
    Florian M E Wagenlehner
    Justus Liebig University, Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology, Giessen, Giessen, Germany
    Expert Opin Pharmacother 8:1667-74. 2007
    The prostatitis syndrome is classified in bacterial prostatitis as confirmed or suspected infection and chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS)...
  35. ncbi Autoimmune pancreatitis-associated prostatitis: distinct clinicopathological entity
    Takeshi Uehara
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
    Pathol Int 58:118-25. 2008
    ..To elucidate the clinicopathological characteristics of AIP-associated prostatitis (AIP-P), the clinicopathological findings of AIP-P patients were evaluated, and the immunohistochemical ..
  36. ncbi The role of Chlamydia trachomatis in prostatitis
    W Weidner
    Department of Urology, Universitätsklinikum Giessen, Rudolf Buchheim Strasse 7, D 35392 Giessen, Germany
    Int J Antimicrob Agents 19:466-70. 2002
    Ascending chlamydial infections have been thought to be an infective cause of prostatitis for the last three decades...
  37. ncbi Painful myofascial trigger points and pain sites in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Rodney U Anderson
    Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
    J Urol 182:2753-8. 2009
    A combination of manual physiotherapy and specific relaxation training effectively treats patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome...
  38. ncbi Stress induced hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis responses and disturbances in psychological profiles in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Rodney U Anderson
    Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305 5118, USA
    J Urol 182:2319-24. 2009
    ..We evaluated patients and asymptomatic controls for psychological factors and neuroendocrine reactivity under provoked acute stress conditions...
  39. ncbi Increased endogenous estrogen synthesis leads to the sequential induction of prostatic inflammation (prostatitis) and prostatic pre-malignancy
    Stuart J Ellem
    Centre for Urological Research, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, 27 31 Wright Street, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
    Am J Pathol 175:1187-99. 2009
    b>Prostatitis causes substantial morbidity to men, through associated urinary symptoms, sexual dysfunction, and pelvic pain; however, 90% to 95% of cases have an unknown etiology...
  40. ncbi Incidental detection of granulomatous prostatitis by F-18 FDG PET/CT in a patient with bladder cancer: a rare complication of BCG instillation therapy
    Seyfettin Ilgan
    Visart Medical Imaging Center, Ankara, Turkey
    Clin Nucl Med 34:613-4. 2009
    ..Histopathologic evaluation revealed granulomatous prostatitis which is a recognized rare complication of intravesical instillation of BCG during the treatment of superficial ..
  41. ncbi The association between varicocele, premature ejaculation and prostatitis symptoms: possible mechanisms
    Francesco Lotti
    Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence 50139, Italy
    J Sex Med 6:2878-87. 2009
    ..No study has ever systematically evaluated the impact of varicocele on sexual function...
  42. ncbi Terazosine and tamsulosin in non bacterial prostatitis: a randomized placebo-controlled study
    S Lacquaniti
    Department of Urology, Catholic University of S Cuore, Rome, Italy
    Arch Ital Urol Androl 71:283-5. 1999
    ..with inflammatory process of the prostate met criteria for the inclusion in the study: 1) non bacterial prostatitis; 2) no previous treatment...
  43. ncbi Chlamydia trachomatis infection is related to poor semen quality in young prostatitis patients
    Sandra Mazzoli
    Sexually Transmitted Disease Centre, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Florence, Italy
    Eur Urol 57:708-14. 2010
    The impact of chronic prostatitis resulting from Chlamydia trachomatis infection on male fertility is controversial.
  44. ncbi Epidemiologic association between prostatitis and prostate cancer
    Leslie K Dennis
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
    Urology 60:78-83. 2002
    OBJECTIVES: To quantify the relationship between prostatitis and prostate cancer by pooling previous epidemiologic studies of this association...
  45. ncbi Antibacterial effect of intraprostatic zinc injection in a rat model of chronic bacterial prostatitis
    Yong-Hyun Cho
    Department of Urology, St. Vincent Hospital, Catholic University Medical College, 93 Ji-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon 442-723, Seoul, South Korea
    Int J Antimicrob Agents 19:576-82. 2002
    ..zinc are associated with prostatic antimicrobial activities and are depressed in patients with chronic prostatitis. We investigated the inhibition of bacterial growth in the rat prostate with chronic prostatitis after ..
  46. ncbi Comparison of economic impact of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome
    J Quentin Clemens
    Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Urology 73:743-6. 2009
    To perform a comparison of the economic impact of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) because limited information is available...
  47. ncbi Nanobacteria: a possible etiology for type III prostatitis
    Xuecheng Shen
    Urological Research Institute of PLA, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People s Republic of China
    J Urol 184:364-9. 2010
    ..We observed pathological changes in nanobacteria infected prostates in Sprague-Dawley(R) rats and investigated the possible etiological relationships of nanobacteria and type III prostatitis.
  48. ncbi Acute bacterial prostatitis in Korea: clinical outcome, including symptoms, management, microbiology and course of disease
    U Syn Ha
    Department of Urology, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    Int J Antimicrob Agents 31:S96-101. 2008
    ..Tract Infection and Inflammation (KAUTII) conducted a multicentre, retrospective analysis of acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP) to document clinical features, management, microbiology and the course of disease...
  49. ncbi Development of an evidence-based cognitive behavioral treatment program for men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    J Curtis Nickel
    Department of Urology and Psychology, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V7, Canada
    World J Urol 26:167-72. 2008
    Psychosocial factors reported by patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) promote greater pain, disability, and ultimately poorer quality of life (QOL)...
  50. ncbi Chronic prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain in men: aetiology, diagnosis and management
    G A Luzzi
    Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe, HP11 2TT, UK
    J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 16:253-6. 2002
    Patients with chronic prostatitis/pelvic pain syndrome typically report genital or pelvic pain (in or around the penis, perineum, scrotum) lasting > 3 months...
  51. ncbi Anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects of garlic and synergistic effect between garlic and ciprofloxacin in a chronic bacterial prostatitis rat model
    Dong Wan Sohn
    Department of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, St Mary s Hospital, 62 Youido dong, Youngdungpoku, Seoul 150 713, South Korea
    Int J Antimicrob Agents 34:215-9. 2009
    Chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP), which is characterised by recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) and persistence of pathogenic bacteria and evidence of inflammation in the prostatic secretions, is one of the most common causes of ..
  52. ncbi Biofilms in chronic bacterial prostatitis (NIH-II) and in prostatic calcifications
    Sandra Mazzoli
    STDs Center, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Florence, Italy
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 59:337-44. 2010
    ..In Italy, there is a high incidence of prostatitis (13.3%), also accompanied by prostatic calcifications...
  53. ncbi Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain
    Shaun Wen Huey Lee
    School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Science, Malaysia
    Am J Med 121:79.e1-7. 2008
    Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) afflicts 2%-10% of adult men. Available therapies offer little or no proven benefit...
  54. ncbi Levofloxacin for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men: a randomized placebo-controlled multicenter trial
    J Curtis Nickel
    Department of Urology, Queen's University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Urology 62:614-7. 2003
    ..trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of 6 weeks of levofloxacin therapy compared with placebo in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Uncontrolled studies have supported the use of antibiotics in CP/CPPS...
  55. ncbi Prostatitis, interstitial cystitis, chronic pelvic pain, and urethral syndrome share a common pathophysiology: lower urinary dysfunctional epithelium and potassium recycling
    C Lowell Parsons
    Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, Medical Center, 92103-8897, USA
    Urology 62:976-82. 2003
  56. ncbi Prostatitis
    G J Domingue
    Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
    Clin Microbiol Rev 11:604-13. 1998
    The laboratory diagnosis of acute bacterial prostatitis is straightforward and easily accomplished in clinical laboratories...
  57. ncbi Therapeutic effect of transurethral needle ablation in non-bacterial prostatitis: chronic pelvic pain syndrome type IIIa
    Po Hui Chiang
    Department of Urology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Int J Urol 11:97-102. 2004
    Non-bacterial prostatitis is difficult to manage with conventional treatment. This study was undertaken to evaluate the therapeutic effect of transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) on men with chronic inflammatory non-bacterial prostatitis.
  58. ncbi The healthy rat prostate contains high levels of natural killer-like cells and unique subsets of CD4+ helper-inducer T cells: implications for prostatitis
    Eugene V Vykhovanets
    Jim and Eilleen Dicke Research Laboratory, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University-University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4931, USA
    J Urol 173:1004-10. 2005
    PURPOSE: Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis spontaneously develops in aged Lewis and Wistar rats but not in Sprague-Dawley rats. We report the unique profile of lymphocyte subsets present in the healthy Sprague-Dawley rat prostate...
  59. ncbi Reduced semen quality in chronic prostatitis patients that have cellular autoimmune response to prostate antigens
    Ruben Dario Motrich
    Inmunologia, CIBICI CONICET, Departamento de Bioquimica Clinica, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
    Hum Reprod 20:2567-72. 2005
    The relationship between chronic prostatitis and fertility has been controversial for many years...
  60. ncbi [Analysis of cytokines (IL-2, IL-8, IL-10) in the expressed prostatic secretions of chronic prostatitis]
    Zhi guo Duan
    Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
    Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 11:201-3. 2005
    ..cytokine IL-8 and anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in the expressed prostatic secretions (EPS) of chronic prostatitis (CP) patients and to evaluate the significance of the cytokines to the pathogenesis and diagnosis of CP.
  61. ncbi A role for surfactant protein D in innate immunity of the human prostate
    Rebecca E Oberley
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
    Prostate 65:241-51. 2005
    ..SP-D protein levels are increased at sites of inflammation in the prostate, suggesting SP-D may also contribute more generally to inflammatory regulation in the prostate...
  62. ncbi Prostatitis
    W E Lummus
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    Emerg Med Clin North Am 19:691-707. 2001
    b>Prostatitis is a common condition that accounts for a significant number of visits to both the emergency department and the urologist. The precise pathogenic mechanism of prostatitis is not known...
  63. ncbi Increased prostate-specific antigen in subclinical prostatitis: the role of aggressiveness and extension of inflammation
    Onder Yaman
    Department of Urology, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
    Urol Int 71:160-4. 2003
    OBJECTIVES: Subclinical prostatitis is a very frequent histologic finding in pathological examinations of prostate biopsy and prostate surgery material...
  64. ncbi Citrate in expressed prostatic secretions has the feasibility to be used as a useful indicator for the diagnosis of category IIIB prostatitis
    Jun Chen
    Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
    Urol Int 78:230-4. 2007
    ..So EPS-citrate was determined to investigate whether EPS-citrate level was also decreased in category IIIB prostatitis and whether it is feasible for EPS-citrate to be used as a diagnostic marker for category IIIB prostatitis.
  65. ncbi Reliability and validity of the National Institutes of Health: Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index in a Malaysian population
    Phaik Yeong Cheah
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
    World J Urol 24:79-87. 2006
    ..and long-term utility of the Chinese, Malay and English versions of the National Institutes of Health--Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) in our ethnically diverse population...
  66. ncbi [IFN-gamma and TGF-beta1, levels in the expressed prostatic secretions of patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis]
    Xie Gang Ding
    Department of Urology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China
    Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 12:982-4. 2006
    To investigate the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokine IFN-gamma and anti-inflammatory cytokine TGF-beta1, in the expressed prostatic secretion (EPS) of men with chronic abacterial prostatitis and their clinical significance.
  67. ncbi Management of bacterial prostatitis: what's new?
    Kurt G Naber
    Technical University, Munich, Germany
    BJU Int 101:7-10. 2008
    b>Prostatitis is a common healthcare issue affecting 10-14% of men of all ages and ethnicities...
  68. ncbi [Prostatitis syndrome]
    Florian M E Wagenlehner
    Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen
    Urologe A 46:W185-96; quiz W197. 2007
    b>Prostatitis syndrome is a multifactorial disease with a largely unknown etiology. Quite different therapeutic options are therefore recommended...
  69. ncbi Experimental autoimmune prostatitis induces chronic pelvic pain
    Charles N Rudick
    Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 294:R1268-75. 2008
    Pain is the hallmark of patients with chronic prostatitis (CP) and chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS). Despite numerous hypotheses, the etiology and pathogenesis remain unknown...
  70. ncbi Initial, long-term, and durable responses to terazosin, placebo, or other therapies for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Phaik Yeong Cheah
    University of Science Malaysia School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Penang, Malaysia
    Urology 64:881-6. 2004
    ..long-term, and durable response rates to terazosin, placebo, or other therapies in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome...
  71. ncbi Where do we stand with chronic prostatitis? An update
    Jay Khastgir
    Department of Urology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH
    Hosp Med 64:732-6. 2003
    Chronic prostatitis remains a difficult management problem, which reflects the fact that its aetiology remains incompletely understood. It is a common condition that is characterized by protracted symptoms and high morbidity...
  72. ncbi Examination of the relationship between symptoms of prostatitis and histological inflammation: baseline data from the REDUCE chemoprevention trial
    J Curtis Nickel
    Department of Urology, Queen s University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    J Urol 178:896-900; discussion 900-1. 2007
    Symptoms of abacterial chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome are considered to be associated with prostate inflammation...
  73. ncbi Role of alpha1-blockers in chronic prostatitis syndromes
    J Curtis Nickel
    Department of Urology, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
    BJU Int 101:11-6. 2008
    Category III chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is the most commonly diagnosed prostatitis syndrome...
  74. ncbi Acute bacterial prostatitis and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: andrological implications
    W Weidner
    Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
    Andrologia 40:105-12. 2008
    There is a consensus on the diagnostic management of bacterial prostatitis (acute and chronic)...
  75. ncbi [Imaging of normal, hyperplastic and inflammatory prostate gland]
    N Grenier
    Service d imagerie diagnostique et thérapeutique de l adulte, Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin, Place Amelie Raba Leon, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex
    J Radiol 87:165-87. 2006
    ..Sonography plays a major role in diagnosis, pre-therapeutic evaluation and follow-up of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. The role of imaging in inflammatory disorders is more questionable...
  76. ncbi Management of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: an evidence-based approach
    Jordan D Dimitrakov
    Harvard Urological Diseases Research Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Urology 67:881-8. 2006
  77. ncbi Correlation between ultrasound alterations of the preprostatic sphincter and symptoms in patients with chronic prostatitis-chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Marco Dellabella
    Department of Urology and Division of Urology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I.-G. M. Lancisi-G. Salesi, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, Ancona, Italy
    J Urol 176:112-8. 2006
    PURPOSE: We investigated ultrasound alterations of the preprostatic sphincter in patients with chronic prostatitis-chronic pelvic pain syndrome...
  78. ncbi Manganese superoxide dismutase polymorphism in chronic pelvic pain syndrome patients
    E D Arisan
    Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, University of Halic, Istanbul, Turkey
    Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 9:426-31. 2006
    ..Our findings lead to the suggestion that oxidative disorder-linked medical health problems can be associated with genetic risk factors such as polymorphisms...
  79. ncbi [Classification, etiology, diagnosis and treatment of prostatitis. Other types of prostatitis. Acute and chronic prostatitis]
    Juan Fernando Jimenez-Cruz
    Servicio de Urologia, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Espana
    Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 23:47-56. 2005
    b>Prostatitis is a highly prevalent nosologic entity and hence has an enormous financial impact on health systems as well as negative repercussions on patients' quality of life...
  80. ncbi Role of bacteria in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Vi N Hua
    Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Tarry 16-703, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Curr Urol Rep 6:300-6. 2005
    Throughout the past century, we have refined our understanding of prostatitis, moving from using a primarily clinical definition to considering it as a complex inflammatory condition...
  81. ncbi Multimodal therapy for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Daniel A Shoskes
    Cleveland Clinic Florida, Department of Kidney Transplantation, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Weston, FL 33331, USA
    Curr Urol Rep 6:296-9. 2005
    Category III chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome is a syndrome rather than a specific disease and the cause can be multifactorial. In clinical practice, monotherapy often has proven ineffective...
  82. ncbi Re: How does the pre-massage and post-massage 2-glass test compare to the meares-stamey 4-glass test in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome? J. C. Nickel, D. Shoskes, Y. Wang, R. B. Alexander, J. E. Fowler, jr., S. Zeitlin, M. P. O'L
    Vittorio Magri
    J Urol 180:1571-2; author reply 1572. 2008
  83. ncbi [Changes of seminal parameters, zinc concentration and antibacterial activity in patients with non-inflammatory chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome]
    Hui Zhao
    Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
    Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 14:530-2. 2008
    To investigate the seminal parameters, zinc concentration and antibacterial activity in patients with non- inflammatory chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS).
  84. ncbi [MR aspect of the prostate in CPPS patients (chronic pelvic pain syndrome)]
    B Wiesinger
    Abt für Radiologische Diagnostik, Universitatsklinikum Tubingen, Hoppe Seylerstrasse 3, Tubingen
    Rofo 180:621-30. 2008
    To describe typical morphological patterns of abacterial prostatitis using magnetic resonance imagine (MRI) in chronic pelvic pain syndrome patients including spectroscopy.
  85. ncbi Anti-nanobacterial therapy for men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and prostatic stones: preliminary experience
    Daniel A Shoskes
    Department of Kidney Transplantation, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida 33331, USA
    J Urol 173:474-7. 2005
    Category III chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) is a common debilitating condition of unclear etiology. Patients often have prostatic calcifications but a link to symptoms is controversial...
  86. ncbi [Psychosomatic aspects of the chronic pelvic pain syndrome]
    H J Berberich
    Urologische Praxis Frankfurt
    Urologe A 43:254-60. 2004
    Epidemiologic data have demonstrated the significance of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPSS) for the urological practice...
  87. ncbi [Prostatitis]
    Henry Botto
    Service d Urologie, Hopital Foch, 92151 Suresnes
    Rev Prat 53:1785-9. 2003
    A very frequent disease, prostatitis is always infectious in the acute form and rarely so in the chronic form (less than 10%). The management of acute prostatitis requires simplicity and efficiency...
  88. ncbi [Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome]
    Takao Ikeuchi
    Department of Urology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Showa University School of Medicine
    Nippon Rinsho 60:446-51. 2002
  89. ncbi [Four-glass or two glass test for chronic prostatitis]
    D Seiler
    Urologische Klinik, Universitatsspital Zurich, Switzerland
    Urologe A 42:238-42. 2003
    Chronic pelvic pain syndrome is still an important clinical problem. The NIH prostatitis classification introduced in 1998 for diagnosis and treatment measures is based on extended microbiological analysis of urine and expressed prostate ..
  90. ncbi [Prostate massage with unwanted consequences. Case report]
    S Buse
    Klinik für Urologie, Kantonspital St Gallen, Switzerland
    Urologe A 42:78-9. 2003
    We report a case in which a regular prostate massage (chronic prostatitis) turned into a life-threatening event. After the prostate massage, an enormous periprostatic hemorrhage developed...
  91. ncbi Prostatitis: the role of antibiotic treatment
    F M E Wagenlehner
    Urologic Clinic, Hospital St Elisabeth, St Elisabeth Strasse 23, 94315 Straubing, Germany
    World J Urol 21:105-8. 2003
    The prostatitis syndrome is commonly found in urologic practice and is classified according to the NIDDK/NIH, in which bacterial prostatitis (acute and chronic) is distinguished from chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS)...
  92. ncbi Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain pyndrome): seminal markers of inflammation
    Martin Ludwig
    Department for Urology and Pediatric Urology, , Klinikstrasse 29, 35385 Giessen, Germany
    World J Urol 21:82-5. 2003
    The new prostatitis classification proposes the inclusion of seminal leukocytes in the diagnosis of inflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS)...
  93. ncbi Application of real-time polymerase chain reaction technology to detect prostatic bacteria in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Satoshi Takahashi
    Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 112-GU, VA Puget Sound Health Care System1660 South Columbian Way, WA 98108-1597, Seattle, USA
    World J Urol 21:100-4. 2003
    To investigate the potential association between prostate infection and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), we used molecular approaches described in previous reports...
  94. ncbi Counting leukocytes in expressed prostatic secretions from patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    John N Krieger
    Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98108-1597, USA
    Urology 62:30-4. 2003
    OBJECTIVES: The evaluation of WBCs in EPS is recommended for classifying patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) but no agreement has been reached on the optimal method...
  95. ncbi Prostatitis revisited: new definitions, new approaches
    John N Krieger
    Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Section of Urology 112 GU, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
    Infect Dis Clin North Am 17:395-409. 2003
    b>Prostatitis syndromes represent an important health care problem resulting in considerable morbidity and expenditure of health care resources...
  96. ncbi Alfuzosin treatment for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, pilot study
    Aare Mehik
    Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Oulu University, Oulu, Finland
    Urology 62:425-9. 2003
    ..examine the long-term efficacy of alfuzosin compared with placebo and standard therapy in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), because alpha-blockers have been suggested for the treatment of CP/CPPS...
  97. ncbi The use of alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonists in lower urinary tract symptoms: beyond benign prostatic hyperplasia
    J Curtis Nickel
    Department of Urology, Queen s University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Urology 62:34-41. 2003
    ..have also been used empirically in other types of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD), such as chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and neurogenic LUTD (NLUTD)...
  98. ncbi Seminal fluid analysis in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    J N Krieger
    Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
    Andrologia 35:266-70. 2003
    b>Prostatitis is a common cause of morbidity among adult men. There are more than 2,000,000 doctor visits per year in the United States, approximately half to urologists (Collins et al., 1998, J Urol 159:1224; Roberts et al...
  99. ncbi [Application of real-time polymerase chain reaction technology to detect prostatic bacteria in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome]
    Satoshi Takahashi
    Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
    Jpn J Antibiot 56:338-9. 2003
  100. ncbi Seminal oxidative stress in patients with chronic prostatitis
    J M Potts
    Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    Andrologia 35:304-8. 2003
    b>Prostatitis has been associated with abnormal semen parameters and may be the cause of infertility in some patients. Sperm antibodies and impaired sperm motility have been observed in the semen of patients with prostatitis...
  101. ncbi Herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, and papillomavirus DNA are not found in patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome undergoing radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer
    Markku J Leskinen
    Department of Urology, , , Finland
    Urology 61:397-401. 2003
    ..was considered were evaluated for symptoms of CPPS using the National Institutes of Health Chronic-Prostatitis Symptom Index. Ten patients with moderate to severe symptoms and 10 without symptoms were included in the study...

Research Grants81

  1. VIRULENCE FACTORS OF CHLAMYDIAE
    PRISCILLA WYRICK; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..in the USA and worldwide, of bacterially acquired sexually transmitted diseases and their sequelae, including prostatitis, epididymitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and sterility...
  2. Anti-GM1b IgM for Detection of Localized Prostate Cancer
    Mepur Ravindranath; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Moreover, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostatitis can falsely elevate serum PSA...
  3. Energy Balance-Related Hormones & Prostate Cancer Incidence & Progression
    Edward Giovannucci; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..to SNS activity that disassociates high energy intake from weight gain and which is associated with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome prostatitis are at increased risk of prostate cancer...
  4. Rho-Modifying Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor of E. coli
    ALISON O BRIEN; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..e., cystitis or pyelonephritis, or acute prostatitis. In fact, the cnf1 locus and a hly operon are co-transcribed and co-regulated from a prototypic uropathogenic E...
  5. Role of E. coli Virulence Factors in Chronic Prostate Infection and Inflammation
    WALTER HOPKINS; Fiscal Year: 2007
    Estimates are that the various forms of prostatitis affect 9-11% of adult men at any one time, and up to 16% of men have reported having prostatitis symptoms...
  6. Rho-Modifying Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor of E. coli
    ALISON DAVIS O apos BRIEN; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..e., cystitis or pyelonephritis, or acute prostatitis. In fact, the cnf1 locus and a hly operon are co-transcribed and co-regulated from a prototypic uropathogenic E...
  7. MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF PATHOGENS IN OTITIS MEDIA BY PCR
    Garth Ehrlich; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..Biofilms have been implicated in causing contamination of implantable devices, "sterile" arthritis, and prostatitis. Biofilm formation results from the coordinated expression of sets of genes that are induced upon bacterial ..
  8. Alternative Therapies for BPH, Multiethnic Variablility
    Steven Kaplan; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..forms of BPH resulting in different rates of progression and differential response to therapy? and, D) whether concomitant prostate conditions such as prostatitis are effected by phytotherapeutic intervention for BPH?
  9. MULTISPECTRAL BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION
    STEVEN ROBLES; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..Using this integrated identification protocol, bacteria that may be associated with chronic conditions (e.g., prostatitis and vaginosis) will be identified first by analyzing their 16S rDNA sequences and then by visualizing them with ..
  10. VIRULENCE FACTORS OF CHLAMYDIAE
    PRISCILLA WYRICK; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..in the USA and worldwide, of bacterially-acquired sexually transmitted diseases and their sequelae, including prostatitis, epididymitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and sterility...
  11. ATRAZINE: IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
    Tyrone Hayes; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..Several studies have suggested that atrazine induces mammary tumors, prostate cancer, and prostatitis in rodents in addition to other adverse effects on reproduction...
  12. Initiation and Regulation of Chronic Autoimmune Prostate Inflammation
    Timothy L Ratliff; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..non-bacterial inflammation of the prostate is associated with multiple prostate diseases including chronic prostatitis-chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP-CPPS), benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and prostate cancer...
  13. Interstitial Cystitis Clinical Research Network
    Christopher Payne; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..group at Stanford will work in parallel with the centers conducting trials for investigation of chronic prostatitis. A simultaneous application for that effort is being submitted. This is a critical juncture for IC research...
  14. Healing Chronic Wounds by Controlling Microbial Biofilm
    Philip Stewart; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Futhermore, the results of this research may impact the treatment of other biofilm-related diseases, such as osteomyelitis, endocarditis, prostatitis, otitis media, and sinusitis.
  15. Healing Chronic Wounds by Controlling Microbial Biofilm
    Philip Stewart; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Furthermore, the results of this research may impact the treatment of other biofilm-related diseases, such as osteomyelitis, endocarditis, prostatitis, otitis media, and sinusitis.
  16. Zona Pellucida - Immunopathological Study
    Kenneth Tung; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..In the past 5 years, we have studied suppression of autoimmune ovarian disease (AOD) and autoimmune prostatitis (EAR) by the polyclonal CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (Treg)...
  17. Zona Pellucida - Immunopathological Study
    Kenneth S K Tung; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..In the past 5 years, we have studied suppression of autoimmune ovarian disease (AOD) and autoimmune prostatitis (EAR) by the polyclonal CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (Treg)...
  18. Zona Pellucida - Immunopathological Study
    Kenneth Tung; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..In the past 5 years, we have studied suppression of autoimmune ovarian disease (AOD) and autoimmune prostatitis (EAR) by the polyclonal CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (Treg)...
  19. MR Based Molecular Imaging of Prostate Cancer
    John Kurhanewicz; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..increasing Gleason score, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), prostatic inflammatory atrophy (PIA) and prostatitis. (2) The dramatic decreases in prostate citrate levels with prostate cancer evolution, progression, and in ..