Roles of Ureaplasma Species in Idiopathic Chronic Prostatitis: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Because of the inconsistent symptoms associated with Ureaplasma infections, their clinical significances in genitourinary tracts are under debate. Therefore, we evaluated the presence of Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) and Ureaplasma parvum (UP) in urine samples and examined their associations with chronic prostatitis (CP) through a case and control study.

Materials and methods

We included 696 nonchlamydial nongonococcal (NCNG) urine samples from men; 350 were categorized into non-inflammatory CP, 88 in inflammatory CP, and 258 in non-CP group. We amplified a region in the Ureaplasma urease areas from these samples and determined their biovars using the Sanger method.

Results

Among the NCNG population, the rates of UU, UP, and non-UU/UP

SUBMITTER: Park H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704302 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature