Changes in white blood cell counts in men undergoing thrice-weekly prostatic massage, microbial diagnosis and antimicrobial therapy for genitourinary complaints

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 370-376

  Hennenfent, B R ^a   Felicianof, A E ^b  

^a Prostatitis Foundation   (United States)

^b Waterous Hospital   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Clinical series; Impotence; Prostatitis; Prostatodynia; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MASSAGE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SECRETION; PROSTATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PAIN; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0031847705     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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