Chronic Administration of Tadalafil Improves the Symptoms of Patients with Amicrobic MAGI: An Open Study

Table 2

Diagnostic criteria of MAGI [1, 3–5, 19–21].

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(a) History of urogenital infection and/or abnormal rectal palpation.

(b) Significant alterations in the expressed prostatic fluid and/or urinary sediment after prostatic massage.

(c) (1) Uniform growth of more than 10(3) pathogenic bacteria or more than 10(4) nonpathogenic bacteria per ml, in a culture of diluted seminal plasma.
(c) (2) Presence of more than 10(6) (peroxidase positive) leucocytes per ml of ejaculate.
(c) (3) Signs of disturbed secretory function of the prostate or seminal vesicles.

Diagnosis is accepted if at least 2 criteria are present:

 (i) a + b,
 (ii) a + c [1or 2 or 3],
 (iii) b + c [1or 2 or 3],
 (iv) c1 + c2,
 (v) c1 + c3,
 (vi) c2 + c3.

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