Value of semen culture in the diagnosis of chronic bacterial prostatitis: a simplified method.

Objective: To investigate the role of semen cultures versus segmented urine cultures for the diagnosis of bacterial chronic prostatitis.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively examined 895 patients (age range 17-67 years) who met the consensus criteria for clinical chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, 50.1% of whom had dysuria and/or perineal discomfort, 37.