Abstract

Some urologists have insisted that fastidious and nonculturable microorganisms may be important in the etiology of idiopathic chronic prostatitis. The bottom-line is that the diagnosis of infectious causes which only detected by genetic amplification methods have theoretically serious defects and incurs determinant misinterpretations if not used by an appropriated method. In Korea, the amplification method to detect fastidious bacteria has been widely used in out-patient clinics without criticism, which phenomenon is unusual or can not understand in the eyes of foreign scientists. Moreover, many urologists who care the patients, even patients, can not believe the PCR results. Under some situations, because the amplification results from some commercial companies make the situations in a mess or more complicating to understand idiopathic chronic prostatitis, so many people have a question that “Is it a right result or is our approach right?”. Herein, I will discuss what the real problems are, and why the results are contradictious in Korea. Finally I will give a suggestion about “we are on the right way”.

• Keywords: Chronic prostatitis, Diagnosis, Organism, Polymerase chain reaction