Studies on the Pathology of Prostatitis: A Search for Prostatic Infections with Obligate Anaerobes in Patients with Chronic Prostatitis and Chronic Urethritis

Abstract

Forty-six patients with chronic prostatitis or chronic urethritis were examined for anaerobic infections in the urine and in the prostate. The patients underwent a thorough urological examination. Anaerobic and aerobic cultures were made, both from transperineal biopsy material and from urine and prostatic secretion. The technique of anaerobic culture was based on a transport time for the clinical samples of less than one hour, as well as on the use of the “glove-box” technique and prereduced media, Anaerobic bacteriuria was found in 1 out of 46 patients, but in no case were anaerobic bacteria localized with certainty to the prostatic tissue or the prostatic secretion. No anaerobic bacteria were found in the anterior urethra.