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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maliha Shakil, M.D. [2] Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S., Usama Talib, BSc, MD [3]

Overview

Prostatitis is usually caused by bacterial infection. Fungi may also rarely be responsible for causing prostatitis. Aerobic gram negative bacilliare the most common cause of bacterial prostatitis, with Escherichia coli accounting for 50-80% of cases.[1] Though a single definitive cause has not been established, different theories exist about chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome pathogenesis including chemical damage owing to reflux or autoimmune process.Many experts consider both inflammatory an non-inflammatory causes of chronic prostatitis to be non-infectious in nature.[2]

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. There are no known life-threatening causes of prostaitits.

Common Causes

Bacteria are the most common cause of prostatitis over all. Amongst the bacteria the following are more common causes are:[3]

Causes of Acute Bacterial Prostatitis

The causes of acute prostatitis include [4][5][6]

Causes of Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis

The causes associated with Chronic bacterial prostatitis include [9][10][11][12][13]

Causes of Chronic inflammatory and non-inflammatory Prostatitis

Many experts consider both these categories to be noninfectious. The non infectious causes of Chronic Prostatitis include[15][16][17][18][19]

Some studies associated certain organisms with these types of prostatitis and they include:[20][21][22][23]

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning Chemical irritation
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine No underlying causes
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic No underlying causes
Hematologic No underlying causes
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease Burkholderia pseudomallei, Chlamydia trachomatis, Coccidioides, Cryptococcus neoformans, Enterobacteriaceae , Enterococci, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Gonorrhoea, Idiopathic granulomatous prostatitis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Mumps , Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Staphylococcus aureus, Ureaplasma urealyticum
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic No underlying causes
Neurologic Urinary tract neuropathy
Nutritional/Metabolic No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic No underlying causes
Ophthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity No underlying causes
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary No underlying causes
Renal/Electrolyte No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy Reiter’s syndrome
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma Prostate physical trauma
Urologic Pelvic floor weakness, Prostate physical trauma, Urinary tract neuropathy, Urine backup
Miscellaneous No underlying causes

Causes in Alphabetical Order

References

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  3. Felix Millan-Rodriguez, J. Palou, Anna Bujons-Tur, Mireia Musquera-Felip, Carlota Sevilla-Cecilia, Marc Serrallach-Orejas, Carlos Baez-Angles & Humberto Villavicencio-Mavrich (2006). "Acute bacterial prostatitis: two different sub-categories according to a previous manipulation of the lower urinary tract". World journal of urology. 24 (1): 45–50. doi:10.1007/s00345-005-0040-4. PMID 16437219. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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