A prospective evaluation of hidden bacterial involvement and antibiotic efficacy in nonbacterial CP/CPPS: addressing an underexplored therapeutic approach
These findings suggest that some patients classified as CP/CPPS category IIIb under conventional diagnostic methods may, in fact, have bacterial involvement. Antibiotic therapy may be effective in such cases, including those with non-uropathogenic bacterial detection.
Authors
- Kenshiro Takemoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9077-4733)
- Nobuyuki Hinata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7014-6812)
- Kohei Kobatake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2098-3916)
- Seiya Kashiyama
- Kayoko Tadera
- Yuki Kohada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6510-7461)
- Hiroyuki Kitano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-2403)
- Hiroki Ohge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7267-9823)
- Hiroyuki Shikuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4981-0074)
- Yohei Sekino
- Tomoya Hatayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1953-3240)
- Shunsuke Miyamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8397-115X)
- Ryo Tasaka
- Hiroki Kitagawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1651-0091)
Institutions
- Hiroshima University (JP)
- Hiroshima University Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2025-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-025-05936-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.78