Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis by Intraprostatic Injection of Fosfomycin: 6 Years' Experience.
- Author:
Tag Keun YOO
1
;
Suk Won KIM
;
Ho Geun KWAK
;
Seung Ho HAN
;
Ro Jung PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Seoul, Eul Ji General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Chronic prostatitis;
Intraprostatic injection;
Fosfomycin
- MeSH:
Fosfomycin*;
Hematuria;
Hemospermia;
Humans;
Prostatitis*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1995;36(3):294-298
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The therapeutic efficacy and significance of intraprostatic fosfomycin injection in treating patients with chronic prostatitis were reviewed. During the last 6 years, 350 patients were treated with intraprostatic fosfomycin injection for chronic prostatitis, and among them, 218 patients who could be followed up at least for 3 months were analysed. As for chronic prostatitis, when a patient's WBC count of EPS per high power field remains invariable below 15 for at least 3 months, he is said to be cured. Intraprostatic injection was performed once or twice in all patients and 153 (70.2%) cases were responsive to this treatment. But eleven patients recurred immediately within 3 months after the response. Therefore, final cure rate reached 65.1% (142/218): Adverse effects were rare, if any, they were just trivial symptoms such as mild suprapubic pain or discomfort, transient hematuria and hemospermia. These facts demonstrate that intraprostatic fosfomycin injection has much advantage in patients with chronic prostatitis as treatment modality compared with ordinary method.
