Chlamydia trachomatis: Probable cause of prostatitis

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 350-353

  Ostaszewska, Iwona ^a   Zdrodowska Stefanow, Bozena ^b   Badyda, Jerzy ^b   Pucilo, Katarzyna ^a   Trybula, Jadwiga ^a   Bulhak, Violetta ^a  

^a Diagnostic and Research Centre for Sexually Transmitted Diseases   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Non bacterial prostatitis; Prostatodynia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; SAMPLING; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATITIS; URETHRA;

EID: 0031836240     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462981922395     Document Type: Article

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