[Classification, etiology, diagnosis and treatment of prostatitis. Other types of prostatitis. Acute and chronic prostatitis]. / Clasificación, etiología, diagnóstico y tratamiento de las prostatitis. Otros tipos de prostatitis.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin
; 23 Suppl 4: 47-56, 2005 Dec.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16854358
ABSTRACT
Prostatitis is a highly prevalent nosologic entity and hence has an enormous financial impact on health systems as well as negative repercussions on patients' quality of life. The symptoms are ambiguous, diagnostic methods are controversial and treatments are long and produce inconsistent results; consequently, although not life-threatening, prostatitis has become one of those diseases that is difficult both for the patient and for the physician who attempts to help, sometimes without success. Although an infectious etiology is accepted in most cases, there are major controversies about both the diagnostic methods used and their interpretation. Recently the National Institutes of Health in the USA has proposed a new classification of this disease to substitute that used for the last twenty years. This new classification may provide a more effective approach to the diagnosis and treatment of this insidious disease.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Prostatite
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article