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Am Fam Physician. 2001;63(11):2129-2130

Table 1 of the article “Treatment of Prostatitis” (May 15, 2000, page 3015) contained an error. The first two elements in the diagnostic test column were inadvertently transposed; that is, the pre- and postmassage test should have been listed first, while the Stamey-Meares four-glass test should have been listed second. The corrected table is reprinted below.

Diagnostic testTest components
Pre- and postmassage test (PPMT)Midstream urine culture*Expressed prostatic secretions‡
Stamey-Meares four-glass testPremassage urine culture*Premassage urine microscopy†Postmassage urine culture‡Postmassage Urine microscopy†

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