Citrate in expressed prostatic secretions has the feasibility to be used as a useful indicator for the diagnosis of category IIIB prostatitis

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-234

  Chen, Jun ^a   Xu, Zhishun ^a   Zhao, Haifeng ^a   Jiang, Xianzhou ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic prostatitis; Citrate

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CITRIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SECRETION; PROSTATITIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; CITRIC ACID; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS;

EID: 34047109663     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099343     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Krieger JN: Classification, epidemiology and implications of chronic prostatitis in North America, Europe and Asia. Minerva Urol Nefrol 2004;56:99-107.
2. Krieger JN, Nyberg L Jr, Nickel JC: NIH consensus definition and classification of prostatitis. JAMA 1999;282:236-237.
3. Nadler RB, Koch AE, Calhoun EA, Campbell PL, Pruden DL, Bennett CL, Yarnold PR, Schaeffer AJ: IL-1-beta and TNF-alpha in prostatic secretions are indicators in the evaluation of men with chronic prostatitis. J Urol 2000;164:214-218.
4. Kavanagh JP: Isocitric and citric acid in human prostatic and seminal fluid: implications for prostatic metabolism and secretion. Prostate 1994;24:139-142.
5. Cooper TG, Weidner W, Nieschlag E: The influence of inflammation of the human male genital tract on secretion of the seminal markers alpha-glucosidase, glycerophosphocholine, carnitine, fructose and citric acid. Int J Androl 1990;13:329-336.
6. Kavanagh JP, Darby C, Costello CB: The response of seven prostatic fluid components to prostatic disease. Int J Androl 1982;5:487-496.
7. Comhaire FH, Vermeulen L, Pieters O: Study of the accuracy of physical and biochemical markers in semen to detect infectious dysfunction of the accessory sex glands. J Androl 1989;10:50-53.
8. Kavanagh JP: Sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, citrate and chloride content of human prostatic and seminal fluid. J Reprod Fertil 1985;75:35-41.
9. Edwin MM: Prostatitis and related disorders; in Patrick CW, Alan BR, Darracott EV, Alan JW (eds): Campbell's Urology, ed 7. Beijing, Science Press (authorized reprinting), 2001, pp 615-630.
10. John H, Barghorn A, Funke G, Sulser T, Hailemariam S, Hauri D, Joller-Jemelka H: Noninflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome: immunological study in blood, ejaculate and prostate tissue. Eur Urol 2001;39:72-78.