Prostatit Sendromları ve Kronik Pelvik Ağrı Sendromu

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Nickel JC, Freedland SJ, Castro-Santamaria R, Moreira DM. Chronic Prostate Inflammation Predicts Symptom Progression in Patients with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain. J Urol [Internet]. J Urol; 2017 [cited 2026 Feb 16]; 198(1):122–8. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28089730/.

Khan FU, Ihsan AU, Khan HU, Jana R, Wazir J, Khongorzul P, et al. Comprehensive overview of prostatitis. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy [Internet]. Elsevier Masson SAS; 2017 [cited 2026 Jan 26]; 94:1064–76. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28813783/.

Xiong S, Liu X, Deng W, Zhou Z, Li Y, Tu Y, et al. Pharmacological Interventions for Bacterial Prostatitis. Front Pharmacol [Internet]. Front Pharmacol; 2020 [cited 2026 Jan 26]; 11. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32425775/.

Kim SH, Ha US, Yoon BI, Kim SW, Sohn DW, Kim HW, et al. Microbiological and clinical characteristics in acute bacterial prostatitis according to lower urinary tract manipulation procedure. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy [Internet]. Japanese Society for Cancer Chemotherapy; 2014 [cited 2026 Feb 16]; 20(1):38–42. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24462423/.

Magistro G, Wagenlehner FME, Grabe M, Weidner W, Stief CG, Nickel JC. Contemporary Management of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. Eur Urol [Internet]. Elsevier B.V.; 2016 [cited 2026 Jan 26]; 69(2):286–97. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26411805/.

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Krieger JN, Ross SO, Deutsch L, Riley DE. The NIH Consensus concept of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome compared with traditional concepts of nonbacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia. Curr Urol Rep [Internet]. Curr Urol Rep; 2002 [cited 2026 Jan 26]; 3(4):301–6. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12149161/.

Schneider H, Brähler E, Ludwig M, Hochreiter W, McNaughton Collins MF, Eremenco S, et al. Two-year experience with the German-translated version of the NIH-CPSI in patients with CP/CPPS. Urology. 2004; 63(6):1027–30.

Krieger JN, Dobrindt U, Riley DE, Oswald E. Acute Escherichia coli prostatitis in previously health young men: Bacterial virulence factors, antimicrobial resistance, and clinical outcomes. Urology [Internet]. Urology; 2011 [cited 2026 Jan 26]; 77(6):1420–5. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21459419/.

Campeggi A, Ouzaid I, Xylinas E, Lesprit P, Hoznek A, Vordos D, et al. Acute bacterial prostatitis after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy: epidemiological, bacteria and treatment patterns from a 4-year prospective study. Int J Urol [Internet]. Int J Urol; 2014 [cited 2026 Feb 16]; 21(2):152–5. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23906113/.

Schaeffer AJ. Prostatitis: US perspective. Int J Antimicrob Agents [Internet]. Elsevier; 1999 [cited 2026 Feb 16]; 11(3–4):205–11. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10394972/.

Habermacher GM, Chason JT, Schaeffer AJ. Prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Annu Rev Med [Internet]. Annu Rev Med; 2006 [cited 2026 Jan 26]; 57:195–206. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16409145/.

Krieger JN, Nyberg L, Nickel JC. NIH consensus definition and classification of prostatitis. JAMA [Internet]. JAMA; 1999 [cited 2026 Feb 16]; 282(3):236–7. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10422990/.

Predictors of patient response to antibiotic therapy for the chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a prospective multicenter clinical trial - PubMed [Internet]. [cited 2026 Feb 16]. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11342913/.

Wise GJ, Shteynshlyuger A. Atypical infections of the prostate. Current Prostate Reports 2008 6:2 [Internet]. Springer; 2008 [cited 2026 Feb 16]; 6(2):86–93. Available from: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11918-008-0014-2.

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