Leukocyte and bacterial counts do not correlate with severity of symptoms in men with chronic prostatitis: The National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Cohort Study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1048-1053

  Schaeffer, Anthony J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Knauss, Jill S ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Landis, J Richard ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Propert, Kathleen J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Alexander, Richard B ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Litwin, Mark S ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Nickel, J Curtis ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   O'Leary, Michael P ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Nadler, Robert B ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Pontari, Michel A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Shoskes, Daniel A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Zeitlin, Scott I ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Fowler Jr , Jackson E ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Mazurick, Carissa A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Kusek, John W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Nyberg, Leroy M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chronic disease; Leukocytes; Pelvic pain; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SECRETION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0036716754     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64572-7     Document Type: Article

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