Prostatitis: Man's hidden infection.

摘要: Prostatitis exists when inflammation of prostatic glands and tissues results from infection or allergy. Gram-positive negative bacteria cause most infections, but infections may also be caused by fungi, mycoplasma, viruses, other nonbacterial infecting agents. Precise diagnostic localization to is accomplished obtaining divided urinary specimens fluid observing numbers (or agents) present in each specimen. Treatment prostatitis remains difficult because several factors: patients lack the normal antibacterial factors only a few commonly used antibiotics pass plasma-prostate barrier enter fluid. For proper therapy, one must select known penetrate into prostate tissue which organism demonstrated sensitive. Even so, optimal cure rates following antibiotic therapy seem no better than 33 per cent. Nonspecific methods treatment such as surgical excision tissue, massage, sitz baths, relaxants, supportive psychologic contribute rehabilitation with prostatitis. Relapse recurrence frequent. Longterm (in excess six months) follow-up required ascertain cure.