Atypical microorganisms in expressed prostatic secretion from patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: microbiological results from a case-control study.

Objectives: To investigate the microorganisms in expressed prostatic secretions (EPS) of both chronic prostatitis patients and normal young male adults and to determine which microorganisms are associated with the degree of intraprostatic inflammation.

Methods: Specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology was performed to confirm Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycoplasma and Chlamydia trachomatis as well as human papilloma virus (HPV), herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and cytomegalovirus (CMV). Universal primer PCR technology was carried out to detect 16S bacteria rDNA, followed by cloning and sequencing of the entire 16S rDNA product.

Laparoscopic extravascular renal vein stent placement for nutcracker syndrome.

Purpose: To report our experience in the laparoscopic extravascular management of the nutcracker syndrome.

Patients And Methods: Three patients (two men and one woman) between the ages of 20 and 35 years (mean 25.7 y) underwent laparoscopic extravascular stent placement in the left renal vein for management of the nutcracker syndrome that is associated with severe recurrent gross hematuria and left gonadal vein varices.