Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 211198, People's Republic of China.
Shifa College of Nursing, Shifa Tameer-e-Millate University, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
Biomed Pharmacother. 2017 Oct;94:1064-1076. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.08.016. Epub 2017 Aug 16.
Prostatitis is a common urinary tract syndrome that many doctors find problematic to treat effectively. It is the third most commonly found urinary tract disease in men after prostate cancer and Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH). Prostatitis may account for 25% of all office visits made to the urological clinics complaining about the genital and urinary systems all over the world. In the present study, we classified prostatitis and comprehensively elaborated the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of acute bacterial prostatitis (category I), chronic bacterial prostatitis (category II), chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) (category III), and asymptomatic prostatitis (category IV). In addition, we also tried to get some insights about other types of prostatitis-like fungal, viral and gonococcal prostatitis. The aim of this review is to present the detail current perspective of prostatitis in a single review. To the best of our knowledge currently, there is not a single comprehensive review, which can completely elaborate this important topic in an effective way. Furthermore, this review will provide a solid platform to conduct future studies on different aspects such as risk factors, mechanism of pathogenesis, proper diagnosis, and rational treatment plans for fungal, viral, and gonococcal prostatitis.
前列腺炎是一种常见的尿路综合征，许多医生发现很难有效地治疗。它是男性继前列腺癌和良性前列腺增生（BPH）之后第三大常见的尿路疾病。前列腺炎可能占全世界泌尿科诊所因生殖器和泌尿系统问题就诊的 25%。在本研究中，我们对前列腺炎进行了分类，并全面阐述了急性细菌性前列腺炎（I 型）、慢性细菌性前列腺炎（II 型）、慢性骨盆疼痛综合征（CPPS）（III 型）和无症状前列腺炎（IV 型）的病因、发病机制、诊断和治疗。此外，我们还试图了解其他类型的前列腺炎样真菌性、病毒性和淋球菌性前列腺炎。本综述的目的是在一篇综述中介绍前列腺炎的最新观点。据我们所知，目前尚无一篇全面的综述能够以有效的方式全面阐述这个重要的主题。此外，本综述将为真菌性、病毒性和淋球菌性前列腺炎的危险因素、发病机制、正确诊断和合理治疗方案等不同方面的未来研究提供一个坚实的平台。
