Significance of Chlamydia trachomatis in “Abacterial” Prostatitis

Krauss, H; Schiefer, Hans Gerd; Weidner, W.; Arens, M.; Ebner, H

doi:10.1016/s0174-3031(83)80139-5

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“…29 Since then, CT has been isolated from prostate tissue from biopsies, 30 in urethral specimens and in EPS from patients with chronic prostatitis. 31,32 All these works argue in favor of CT as an etiologic agent in chronic prostatitis. However, other studies 17,33,34 did not reveal the presence of chlamydial antigens in transperineal prostatic biopsy material and EPS.…”

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Chlamydia trachomatis occurrence and its impact on sperm quality in chronic prostatitis patients

Motrich

Cuffini

Mackern-Oberti

et al. 2006

Journal of Infection

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Chlamydia trachomatis occurrence and its impact on sperm quality in chronic prostatitis patients

Motrich

Cuffini

Mackern-Oberti

et al. 2006

Journal of Infection

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“…The data suggest that the prostate and the seminal vesicles are also involved in the inflammatory process in acute epididymitis. Krauss et al. (1983) isolated C. trachomatis from 43 of 233 patients (18.5%), who had symptoms of prostatitis, using McCoy cell cultures from urethral swabs after prostatic massage, and from five of 65 control persons (7.7%).…”

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Male infertility and genital chlamydial infection: victim or perpetrator?

Krause

Bohring

2003

Andrologia

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The role of Chlamydia trachomatis in the cause of male infertility is under discussion. This paper attempts to summarize data from the literature, which support the role of C. trachomatis in male infertility or oppose this suggestion. The following observations are based on a survey of the literature: 1) Chlamydia trachomatis is a frequent pathogen in male genital inflammation, the micro-organisms are rarely present in healthy men. 2) Without doubt, C. trachomatis causes inflammations of the male urethra and the epididymis. Prostatitis and glandulitis vesicalis are discussed controversially. 3) Chlamydia trachomatis antigen or DNA is not demonstrable in secretions of the male accessory glands including the semen with sufficient reproducibility. However, it is easily demonstrable in urethral swabs and the urine. 4) Determination of chlamydial antibodies in serum or semen does not conclusively indicate a current infection with C. trachomatis. 5) There are no conclusive studies showing that men infected with C. trachomatis are less fertile than uninfected men. 6) The male genital chlamydial infection is a threat to the female genital organs, because C. trachomatis infection of the female genital organs may be deleterious to female fertility.

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“…Krauss et al [13] performed urethral swabs after prostatic massage and isolated Chlamydia in McCoy cell cultures in 18.5% of patients. Mardh and Colleen [14] found that approximately one third of patients with abacterial prostatitis had antibodies for C. trachomatis in EPS.…”

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Microbiology of the Prostate

Lee

2000

Curr Urol Rep

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Prostatitis is a common genitourinary disease in men. The National Institutes of Health has defined four types of prostatitis. The bacteriology of acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis is well understood. Causative organisms can be isolated by four-glass urine cultures. Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS; chronic abacterial prostatitis) is an enigma; whether there is a microbiologic cause for this condition is unknown. Researchers have postulated that CPPS may be an infectious disease of the prostate. This article reviews current literature regarding the microbiology of the prostate in CPPS.

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Significance of Chlamydia trachomatis in “Abacterial” Prostatitis

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

Chlamydia trachomatis occurrence and its impact on sperm quality in chronic prostatitis patients

Chlamydia trachomatis occurrence and its impact on sperm quality in chronic prostatitis patients

Male infertility and genital chlamydial infection: victim or perpetrator?

Microbiology of the Prostate

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