Re: Liao et al.: Serum C-reactive Protein Levels are Associated With Residual Urgency Symptoms in Patients With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia After Medical Treatment. (Urology 2011;78: 1373-1379)

摘要

We congratulate the authors for this innovative article where they have documented elevated serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in men with the residual symptom of urgency after receiving medical therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The authors hypothesize that chronic inflammation (probably in the prostate) may have a role in residual urgency. CRP is excreted in the urine1 and its level has also been measured in other body fluids. ' Can chronic inflammation of the urinary tract lead to high levels of CRP in the urine? If so, then we feel that urinary CRP rather than serum CRP would have been more useful.