Table of Contents

Evaluation of the Prostatitis Patient.- Acute Bacterial Prostatitis.- Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis.- Prostatitis in the Immunocompromised Patient.- Quality of Life and Economic Impact of Chronic Prostatitis.- Antibiotic Therapy in Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Alpha-Blocker Therapy for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Phytotherapy and the Prostatitis Syndromes.- Neuromuscular and Psychoactive Treatments for Chronic Prostatitis.- The Role of Surgery and Minimally Invasive Prostate Therapies in Prostatitis.- Physical Therapy for Chronic Prostatitis /Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- A Biopsychosocial Therapy Model for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Pain Management in Chronic Prostatitis.- Sexual Dysfunction and Infertility in Chronic Prostatitis.- Interstitial Cystitis in Men: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Similarities to Chronic Prostatitis.- Category IV Prostatitis: Implications for Prostate Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Carcinogenesis.- The Role of Nanobacteria/Calcifying Nanoparticles in Prostate Disease.- Strategies for Increasing the Understanding of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: The Past, Present, and Future.- Therapy for Category III Prostatitis: A Synthesis.

Reviews

From the reviews: "This work makes novel inroads into our contemporary understanding of prostatitis. … The clinical relevance of this work makes it ideally suited for medical students, urology residents, and practicing urologists. Those nonurologists involved in chronic pain management and integrative medicine will benefit … . The vast majority of the clinically relevant progress in the field of prostatitis has emerged in the past decade. This book provides a readable and practical synthesis of these contemporary advances." (Irvin H Hirsch, Doody’s Review Service, September, 2008) "This clear and concise book, written by a multidisciplinary, international group of contributors, covers the NIH four categories of prostatitis: acute, chronic bacterial, chronic pelvic pain syndrome and asymptomatic inflammation, providing practical guidelines for evaluation, diagnosis and treatment. … The aim of this book is to achieve better understanding and management of this large group of patients and to help maximise quality of life … . this excellent book which will be an indispensable guide to everyone involved in treating these patients." (ICS News, Vol. 5 (2), July, 2009)