Chronic Prostatitis at AUA 2014 The 2014 offerings on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain (CP/CPPS) were again few at the American Urological Association meeting in Orlando last May, with only about 15 presentations that could apply to men with CP/CPPS and only 9 aimed specifically at CP/CPPS. Funding for studies in North America is now mostly through the National Institute of Diabetes and ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates 9 million men suffer from symptoms related to an enlarged prostate and 400,000 surgeries are conducted each year in the U.S. 1 The term lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) is used to describe symptomatology in men who are experiencing one or more symptoms on the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) questionnaire that includes urgency, day...

The concentration of Lomefloxacin (NY-198), a new quinolone, in human prostatic tissue and fluid was examined. Lomefloxacin was concentrated in prostatic gland and the mean ratios of prostatic tissue levels to serum levels (P/S) were 1.39-1.83 during 2 to 6 hrs after administration. Concerning prostatic fluid concentrations, there were no significant differences between healthy volunteers and p...

Background: In most cases, prostatitis can be caused by a bacterial agent such as Ureaplasma urealyticum. Considering to the cumbersome of the culture method for the detection of Ureaplasma species in clinical samples such as prostate; PCR method that is faster and more appropriate than the cultivation methods, can be utilized for the detection of <em...

In dogs, the most frequent diseases of prostate gland are benign hyperplasia (BPH), acute and chronic prostatitis, squamous metaplasia, tumors. New diagnostic tools comprise markers in blood urine, as well advanced imaging methods. The therapy can be initialized with 5α-reductase-inhibitor finasteride or an anti-androgenic compound, prolonged a long-acting gonadotropin-releasing-hormone (GnRH)-...