BACTERIAL-INFECTION IN PROSTATODYNIA

Purpose: We investigated a possible bacterial etiology for prostatodyn ia. Materials and Methods: We evaluated segmented urine specimens from 22 patients and 16 controls by bacteriological localization studies. Immunological studies were performed on patient and control sera. Resu lts: Nine patients had positive cultures from prostatic secretions; Wh en compared to controls, this novel finding was statistically signific ant (p <0.025). Coagulase-negative staphylococci were the most common isolates (68%). No humoral (IgG) immune differences were found between patients and controls. Conclusions: In a subset of prostatodynia pati ents bacteria may have an etiological role. Antibiotic treatment demon strated clinical efficacy.