ArticleInvestigative and clinical urology2018
Prostate calcifications: A case series supporting the microbial biofilm theory.
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- [Microbial etiology of bacterial chronic prostatitis: systematic review].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2023Pooled it
- Diagnosis and clinical significance of prostate calcification using computed tomography.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Machine Learning Model Construction and Testing: Anticipating Cancer Incidence and Mortality.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Vulnerabilities of Prostate Glandular Concretions Considered as Artefacts: A Cross-sectional Biopsy Slide Study.Medeniyet medical journal · 2023Article
- Predictive value of prostate calcification for future cancer occurrence: a retrospective long-term follow-up cohort study.The British journal of radiology · 2023Article
- The Efficacy of FlogofilmJournal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Prostatic calcifications: Quantifying occurrence, radiodensity, and spatial distribution in prostate cancer patients.Urologic oncology · 2021Article
- Symptomatic multiple prostatic calculi: A case report and literature review.Urology case reports · 2021Article
- Bacterial Biofilm and its Role in the Pathogenesis of Disease.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Pharmacological Interventions for Bacterial Prostatitis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Review
- The seminal microbiome in health and disease.Nature reviews. Urology · 2019Review
- Current Knowledge of the Potential Links between Inflammation and Prostate Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Prostatic calculi in men with chronic prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A systematic review (2015-2025).Urology annalsReview
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Abstract
Purpose: Prostate calcifications are a common finding during transrectal prostate ultrasound in both healthy subjects and patients, but their etiopathogenesis and clinical significance are not fully understood. We aimed to establish a new methodology for evaluating the role of microbial biofilms in the genesis of prostate calcifications. Materials and Methods: Ten consecutive patients who had undergone radical prostatectomy were enrolled in this study. All of the patients presented with prostate calcifications during transrectal ultrasound evaluation before surgery and underwent Meares-Stamey tests and clinical evaluation with the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index and the International Prostate Symptom Score. At the time of radical prostatectomy, the prostate specimen, after removal, was analyzed with ultrasonography under sterile conditions in the operating room. Core biopsy specimens were taken from the site of prostate calcification and subjected to ultrastructural and microbiological analysis. Results: The results of the Meares-Stamey test showed only 1 of 10 patients (10%) with positive cultures for Conclusions: Although the findings are supported by a low number of patients, this study highlights the validity of the proposed methodology for investigating the role of bacterial biofilms in the genesis of prostate calcification.
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