Fig. 10.1 Histopathological evaluation of chronic tissue inflammatory infiltrate (Courtesy by Prof Guido Martignoni (University of Verona, Italy)) 10.1.1 The Prostate Model Chronic prostatic inflammation seems to play a crucial…
Fig. 5.1 Color Doppler appearance of the prostate gland. Transrectal transverse scans. (a) Normal prostate. (b) Patient with clinically obvious prostatitis showing marked hypervascularization of the prostate gland Fig. 5.2…
Prostatitis NIH categories Prostatitis type Cat I Acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP) Cat II Chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) Cat III Cat III a Cat III b Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome…
Continent Country Prevalence References Europe Austria 2.7 [9] Italy 12.8–13.8 [3, 4] Finland 14 [8] America USA 16 [11] Canada 2.7 [7] Canada 8.5–11.5 [13] Asia China 2.6 [14] Japan…
Fig. 6.1 An acetylation reaction, catalyzed by the enzyme aac (6′)-Ib-cr, of the (=NH) moiety within the piperazine ring of ciprofloxacin. Levofloxacin (bottom) possesses a methylated piperazine residue (indicated by…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Tommaso Cai and Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen (eds.)Prostatitis and Its Management10.1007/978-3-319-25175-2_15 15. The Prostatitis Patient: “A Clinical Dialogue” Tommaso Cai1 and Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen2, 3 (1) Department of Urology, Santa Chiara Regional…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Tommaso Cai and Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen (eds.)Prostatitis and Its Management10.1007/978-3-319-25175-2_1 1. Introduction and Aim of the Book Tommaso Cai1 and Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen2, 3 (1) Department of Urology, Santa Chiara Regional…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Tommaso Cai and Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen (eds.)Prostatitis and Its Management10.1007/978-3-319-25175-2_14 14. Elevated PSA as Differential Diagnostic Error-Source in Prostate Cancer with Consequences in Medical Law Karl-Horst Bichler1 and Kurt G. Naber2 (1)…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Tommaso Cai and Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen (eds.)Prostatitis and Its Management10.1007/978-3-319-25175-2_13 13. The Role of Chronic Prostatitis in Male Infertility: Is There a Relationship? Vitaly Smelov1, 2 (1) Screening Group, International…
Fig. 12.1 Endocrine abnormalities leading to prostatic inflammation (Adopted from Pontari et al. [2] and Meng et al. [4]) 12.3 Treatment of Low Testosterone in Patients with CP/ CPPS Men…
