men s health issues
Prostatitis
Diagnosis of Prostatitis
Physical examination Urinalysis and urine culture The diagnosis of prostatitis is usually based on the symptoms, physical examination findings, and results of a urine analysis ( Urinalysis and Urine Culture ) and Urinalysis may reveal white blood cells, indicating inflammation, or bacteria, indicating infection. Urine cultures reveal bacterial infections located anywhere in the urinary tract. In contrast, when infection is found by culturing fluid from the prostate, the prostate is clearly the cause of the infection. When prostatitis occurs without bacterial infection, urine cultures reveal no infection. 