Leukocyte and Bacterial Counts Do Not Correlate With Severity of Symptoms in Men With Chronic Prostatitis: The National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Cohort Study

Abstract

Although men with chronic prostatitis routinely receive anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial therapy, we found that leukocytes and bacterial counts as we defined them do not correlate with severity of symptoms. These findings suggest that factors other than leukocytes and bacteria also contribute to symptoms associated with chronic pelvic pain syndrome.