The role of Chlamydia trachomatis in prostatitis

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 466-470

  Weidner, W ^a   Diemer, Th ^a   Huwe, P ^a   Rainer, H ^a   Ludwig, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Chlamydid antibodies; ELISA; Microimmunofluorescence test; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOPSY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SECRETION; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; STANDARDIZATION; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS;

EID: 0036021480     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00094-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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