What causes Chronic bacterial prostatitis?
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 </s>