National guideline for the management of prostatitis

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Walker, Paul ^a   Wilson, Janet ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINE CULTURE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; MALE; OFLOXACIN; PROSTATITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0007505727     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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