Diseases

Prostatitis

Infiltration of inflammatory cells into the parenchyma of PROSTATE. The subtypes are classified by their varied laboratory analysis, clinical presentation and response to treatment.

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Abstract

Infiltration of inflammatory cells into the parenchyma of PROSTATE. The subtypes are classified by their varied laboratory analysis, clinical presentation and response to treatment.

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14 entry terms
  • Prostatitides
  • Acute Bacterial Prostatitis
  • Asymptomatic Inflammatory Prostatitis
  • Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis
  • Chronic Prostatitis with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
  • Acute Bacterial Prostatitides
  • Asymptomatic Inflammatory Prostatitides
  • Bacterial Prostatitides, Acute
  • Bacterial Prostatitides, Chronic
  • Bacterial Prostatitis, Acute
  • Bacterial Prostatitis, Chronic
  • Chronic Bacterial Prostatitides
  • Inflammatory Prostatitis, Asymptomatic
  • Prostatitides, Chronic Bacterial

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with appropriate infection term if pertinent; do not confuse with PROSTATISM

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Prostatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011472. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011472
  2. Prostatitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostatitis
  3. Prostatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372752