Chronic bacterial prostatitis causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Chronic prostatitis is usually caused by a chronic bacterial infection of the prostate gland. It may occur with or follow:

• Acute prostatitis
• Epididymitis
• Urinary tract infection that often returns (is recurrent)
• Urethritis

The most common bacteria species that cause chronic prostatitis include:

• Escherichia coli
• Enterobacter cloacae
• Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Proteus species

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