Bacteria can initiate CP/CPPS

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Infect Immun. 2011 Feb;79(2):628-35. Epub 2010 Nov 15.
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Induces Chronic Pelvic Pain.

Rudick CN, Berry RE, Johnson JR, Johnston B, Klumpp DJ, Schaeffer AJ, Thumbikat P.
Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 16-729 Tarry Building, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611.

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a debilitating syndrome of unknown etiology often postulated, but not proven, to be associated with microbial infection of the prostate gland. We hypothesized that infection of the prostate by clinically relevant uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) can initiate and establish chronic pain. We utilized an E. coli strain newly isolated from a patient with CP/CPPS (strain CP1) and examined its molecular pathogenesis in cell culture and in a murine model of bacterial prostatitis. We found that CP1 is an atypical isolate distinct from most UPEC in its phylotype and virulence factor profile. CP1 adhered to, invaded, and proliferated within prostate epithelia and colonized the prostate and bladder of NOD and C57BL/6J mice. Using behavioral measures of pelvic pain, we showed that CP1 induced and sustained chronic pelvic pain in NOD mice, an attribute not exhibited by a clinical cystitis strain. Furthermore, pain was observed to persist even after bacterial clearance from genitourinary tissues. CP1 induced pelvic pain behavior exclusively in NOD mice and not in C57BL/6J mice, despite comparable levels of colonization and inflammation. Microbial infections can thus serve as initiating agents for chronic pelvic pain through mechanisms that are dependent on both the virulence of the bacterial strain and the genetic background of the host.

PMID: 21078846 [PubMed - in process

[mchenlo]

I tested positive for E-Coli in November 2010, a second test was negative, But I'm still having symptoms of CP/CPPS, mainly urinary and abdominal. So, what you marked in RED and the paragraph doesn't bring much hope.