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The Urinary Microbiome Differs Significantly Between Patients With Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome and Controls as Well as Between Patients With Different Clinical Phenotypes.
Urology - 1 Jun 2016
Shoskes Daniel A, Altemus Jessica, Polackwich Alan S, Tucky Barbara, Wang Hannah, Eng Charis
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the urinary microbiome of patients with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS) compared with controls. METHODS: We identified 25 patients with CP/CPPS and 25 men who were either asymptomatic or only had urinary symptoms. Midstream urine was collected. Symptom severity was measured with the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index and clinical...
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