ArticleThe Korean journal of parasitology2012
PCR for diagnosis of male Trichomonas vaginalis infection with chronic prostatitis and urethritis.
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- Inflammatory response to Trichomonas vaginalis in the pathogenesis of prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia.Parasites, hosts and diseases · 2023Review
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- Signaling Role of Adipocyte Leptin in Prostate Cell Proliferation Induced by Trichomonas vaginalis.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2021Article
- Molecular Examination ofEthiopian journal of health sciences · 2021Article
- Advancing Prevention of STIs by Developing Specific Serodiagnostic Targets:International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- IL-6 produced by prostate epithelial cells stimulated with Trichomonas vaginalis promotes proliferation of prostate cancer cells by inducing M2 polarization of THP-1-derived macrophages.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Comparison of Seropositivity to Trichomonas vaginalis between Men with Prostatic Tumor and Normal Men.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2019Article
- Comparison of Two PCR Assays for Trichomonas vaginalis.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2019Article
- Prevalence and the evaluation of culture, wet mount, and ELISA methods for the diagnosis ofTropical medicine and health · 2019Article
- The Microbiome of Prostate Fluid Is Associated With Prostate Cancer.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- Trichomonas vaginalis infection and the diagnostic significance of detection tests among Ghanaian outpatients.BMC women's health · 2018Article
- Interaction betweenThe Korean journal of parasitology · 2017Article
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- Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in prostate tissue and serostatus in patients with asymptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia.BMC infectious diseases · 2016Article
- Prevalence of Trichomoniasis by PCR in Women Attending Health Screening in Korea.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2016Article
- Inflammatory Responses in a Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Epithelial Cell Line (BPH-1) Infected with Trichomonas vaginalis.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2016Article
- Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis by PCR in men attending a primary care urology clinic in South Korea.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2014Article
- Superoxide anion production by human neutrophils activated by Trichomonas vaginalis.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2013Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of PCR for diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection among male patients with chronic recurrent prostatitis and urethritis. Between June 2001 and December 2003, a total of 33 patients visited the Department of Urology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital and were examined for T. vaginalis infection by PCR and culture in TYM medium. For the PCR, we used primers based on a repetitive sequence cloned from T. vaginalis (TV-E650). Voided bladder urine (VB1 and VB3) was sampled from 33 men with symptoms of lower urinary tract infection (urethral charge, residual urine sensation, and frequency). Culture failed to detect any T. vaginalis infection whereas PCR identified 7 cases of trichomoniasis (21.2%). Five of the 7 cases had been diagnosed with prostatitis and 2 with urethritis. PCR for the 5 prostatitis cases yielded a positive 330 bp band from bothVB1 and VB3, whereas positive results were only obtained from VB1 for the 2 urethritis patients. We showed that the PCR method could detect T. vaginalis when there was only 1 T. vaginalis cell per PCR mixture. Our results strongly support the usefulness of PCR on urine samples for detecting T. vaginalis in chronic prostatitis and urethritis patients.
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