Prostatitis classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yazan Daaboul, M.D.
Overview
According to the International Prostatitis Collaboration Network, prostatitis may be classified into 5 subtypes based on the duration of symptoms and evidence of bacterial infection / inflammation into either acute bacterial prostatitis, chronic bacterial prostatitis, inflammatory chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, non-inflammatory chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, or asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis.[1]
Classification
According to the International Prostatitis Collaboration Network, prostatitis may be classified based on the duration of symptoms and evidence of bacterial infection as shown below:[1]
- Acute bacterial prostatitis: Acute symptoms with evidence of bacterial infection
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis: Chronic symptoms with evidence of bacterial infection
- Inflammatory chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Chronic symptoms with inflammation but without any evidence of bacterial infection
- Non-inflammatory chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Chronic symptoms with neither inflammation nor evidence of bacterial infection
- Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis: No symptoms with evidence of inflammation (incidental finding)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Krieger JN, Nyberg L, Nickel JC (1999). "NIH consensus definition and classification of prostatitis". JAMA. 282 (3): 236–7. PMID 10422990.