Prostatitis

Prostatitis
Classification and external resources
Micrograph showing an inflamed prostate gland, the histologic correlate of prostatitis. A normal non-inflamed prostatic gland is seen on the left of the image. H&E stain.
ICD-10	N41
ICD-9	601
DiseasesDB	10801
MedlinePlus	000524
eMedicine	emerg/488
MeSH	D011472

Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland. A prostatitis diagnosis is assigned at eight percent of all urologist and one percent of all primary care physician visits in the United States.^[1]

Contents 1 Classification 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Classification

The term prostatitis refers, in its strictest sense, to histological (microscopic) inflammation of the tissue of the prostate gland. Like all forms of inflammation, it can be associated with an appropriate response of the body to an infection, but it also occurs in the absence of infection.
In 1999, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) devised a new classification system.^[2][3] For more specifics about each type of prostatitis, including information on symptoms, treatment, and prognosis, follow the links to the relevant full articles.

Category	Pain?	Bacteria?	WBCs?	NIDDK (Current)	Description	Meares/Stamey (Old)
I	yes	yes	yes	Acute prostatitis	Acute prostatitis is a bacterial infection of the prostate gland that requires urgent medical treatment.	Acute bacterial prostatitis
II	±	yes	yes	Chronic bacterial prostatitis	Chronic bacterial prostatitis is a relatively rare condition that usually presents as intermittent urinary tract infections.	Chronic bacterial prostatitis
IIIa	yes	no	yes	Inflammatory CP/CPPS	Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, accounting for 90%-95% of prostatitis diagnoses,[4] used to be known as chronic nonbacterial prostatitis.	Nonbacterial prostatitis
IIIb	yes	no	no	Noninflammatory CP/CPPS		Prostatodynia
IV	no	no	yes	Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis	Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis patients have no history of genitourinary pain complaints, but leukocytosis is noted, usually during evaluation for other conditions. Between 6-19% of men have pus cells in their semen but no symptoms.[5]	(none)

In 1968, Meares and Stamey determined a classification technique based upon the culturing of bacteria.^[6] This classification is no longer used.
The conditions are distinguished by the different presentation of pain, white blood cells (WBCs) in the urine, duration of symptoms and bacteria cultured from the urine. To help express prostatic secretions that may contain WBCs and bacteria, prostate massage is sometimes used.^[7]

See also

	Book: Prostate
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• Interstitial cystitis — a related disease.
• Granulomatous prostatitis.

References

1. ^ Collins MM, Stafford RS, O'Leary MP, Barry MJ (1998). "How common is prostatitis? A national survey of physician visits". J. Urol. 159 (4): 1224–8. doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63564-X. PMID 9507840.
2. ^ Krieger JN, Nyberg L, Nickel JC (July 1999). "NIH consensus definition and classification of prostatitis". JAMA 282 (3): 236–7. doi:10.1001/jama.282.3.236. PMID 10422990.
3. ^ J. Curtis Nickel (1999). Textbook of prostatitis. Taylor & Francis. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-1-901865-04-2. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
4. ^ Habermacher GM, Chason JT, Schaeffer AJ (2006). "Prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome". Annu. Rev. Med. 57: 195–206. doi:10.1146/annurev.med.57.011205.135654. PMID 16409145.
5. ^ Korrovits P, Ausmees K, Mändar R, Punab M (June 2008). "Prevalence of asymptomatic inflammatory (National Institutes of Health Category IV) prostatitis in young men according to semen analysis". Urology 71 (6): 1010–5. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2007.12.082. PMID 18455767.
6. ^ Meares EM, Stamey TA (March 1968). "Bacteriologic localization patterns in bacterial prostatitis and urethritis". Invest Urol 5 (5): 492–518. PMID 4870505.
7. ^ "Prostatitis: Benign Prostate Disease: Merck Manual Professional". Retrieved 2011-07-11.

External links

• Prostatitis at the Open Directory Project

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Male diseases of the pelvis and genitals (N40–N51, 600–608)