Prostatitis and Its Management (PDF)

Tommaso Cai graduated cum laude in Medicine from the University of Florence, Italy, in 2002 and subsequently completed his specialization in Urology at the university. In 2010 he was appointed consultant urologist in the Department of Urology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy. In 2013 he became a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Society of Andrology and chairman of the society's Study Group on Urological Infections. He was appointed Associate Professor of Urology (ASN - Italy) in 2014, and in 2015 became a member of the European Association of Urology's guideline board on urological infections. Dr. Cai is the author of more than 200 publications in books in Italian and international journals (including 100 original articles) on issues relating to prostate and bladder cancer, urinary tract infections, sexually transmitted diseases, and the use of novel technologies.





Truls Erik Bjerklund Johansen is Full Professor of Urologyand Head Urologist in the Urology Department, Oslo University Hospital, Norway. He is Chairman of the European Society for Infections in Urology (ESIU), a full section of the European Association of Urology (EAU), and Co-chairman of the EAU Guidelines Panel on Urinary Tract Infections. Dr. Johansen has been a consultant in general surgery and urology since 1984 and was chairman of the Urology Department, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark from 2007 to 2012 before joining the Oslo University Hospital in 2013. He was Professor in Medicine (Urology) and Chairman of the Norwegian Institute of Urology at the University of Tromsø, Norway, from 1993 to 2001, Professor in Medical Science, Telemark University College, Norway from 2002 to 2005, and Professor II in Urology, University of Aarhus, Denmark, from 2007 to 2012. His main research interests are urogenital infections, especially hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance, and minimally invasive treatment of prostate and kidney cancer. He

“This is a comprehensive overview of the current approach to prostatitis, including diagnosis and management. … This is a much-needed manual for a thorny problem facing all practitioners. The audience is clinicians who manage prostatitis patients. It also may be a worthwhile book for residents who are about to enter clinical practice but have had little exposure to the outpatient care of these patients.” (Perry R. Weiner, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2016)