Significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci in chronic prostatitis / 中华泌尿外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship between chronic prostatitis and the coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS),and to study the diagnostic value and clinical significance of CNS in expressed prostatic secretion (EPS). Methods Overall,428 patients with chronic prostatitis were included in this study.Their mean age was 31 years (range,18 to 46 years).The mean cause was 6 months (range,3 to 32 months).The mean NIH-CPSI score was 23.2.Bacterial culture and antimicrobial agent sensitivity test were applied to samples from the 428 patients.The samples were taken with 4 tubes from the lower urinary tract segmented by Meares-Stamey method. Results Bacteria were found in 248 patients (57.94%) out of 428 ones.Gram-positive bacteria were found in 195 cases(78.63%).In the 195 cases,staphylococci were found in 160 cases(64.25%,160/248).CNS were found in 89 cases(35.89%,89/248),most of which were epidermidis staphylococci 81 cases(32.66%).The next were saprophytic staphylococci 3 cases and hemolytic staphylococci 2 cases.There was no correlation between NIH-CPSI score and bacterial culture results.The sensitivity test results showed the rate of drug resistance of CNS from EPS was high for ?-lactamases,quinolones and aminoglycosides(51.9% to 100%). Conclusions The results suggest that CNS is a main kind of pathogen of chronic prostatitis,so considerable attention should be paid to it.In addition,it is of significant importance to apply bacterial culture and sensitivity test in EPS to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic prostatitis.