摘要 |
The present invention is directed to a method of detecting prostatitis comprising obtaining an expressed prostatic secretion from a patient; contacting a device having diagnostic test reagents to the expressed prostat ic secretion, the diagnostic test reagents reacting with the expressed prostati c secretion to produce a change in the device; reading the change in the devic e to produce a positive or negative experimental test result, wherein the experimental test result is positive when the experimental test result is pr e- determined to correspond with a number above 10 for the number of white bloo d cell per high powered field and the experimental test result is negative whe n the experimental test result corresponds with a number of 10 or less for the number of white blood cell per high powered field; and determining presence of prostatitis with the positive experimental test result and the absence of prostatitis with the negative experimental test result. The present inventio n is also directed to a device for use in the inventive method. The device has two indicators, one for the presence of prostatitis and one for the absence of prostatitis.
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