Triple void urine specimens are collected – in other words the doctor will collect samples of initial stream, midstream, and post-stream urine (gathered through massage of the prostate).
Acute prostatitis is an acute febrile illness caused by bacterial infection of the prostate gland. The diagnosis is usually quite obvious based on the patient’s symptoms.
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Acute bacterial prostatitis is diagnosed if:
prostate is swollen, warm and firm
urinalysis shows increased white blood cell count
bacterial growth is found on a culture of the post-urination sample or on prostatic secretions
initial symptoms are consistent with acute prostatitis
The syndromes of chronic bacterial prostatitis, chronic non-bacterial prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome are quite similar to one another. The difference depends on the findings of the microscopy and culture of the urine and prostate secretions.
If an organism is isolated it is called chronic bacterial prostatitis.
“Non-bacterial chronic prostatitis” is diagnosed if:
leukocytes suggesting infection are present in the prostatic secretions
no organism is isolated
A diagnosis of a diagnosis of chronic pelvic pain syndrome or prostatodynia is made if:
symptoms of chronic prostatitis are present
urine and prostate secretions are completely normal
Initial diagnosis may be proven wrong if treatments fail. As the different types of prostatitis are difficult to diagnose and treat, patients must expect that diagnosis will be a process rather than an event.
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