Echoguided drug infiltration in chronic prostatitis: Results of a multi-centre study

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-92

  Guercini, Federico ^a,d   Pajoncini, Cinzia ^a   Bard, Robert ^b   Fiorentino, Francesco ^c   Bini, Vittorio ^a   Costantini, Elisabetta ^a   Porena, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Genoma Laboratory of Molecular Biology   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Chronic pelvic pain syndrome; Cytokines; Drug prostatic infiltration; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOFILM; BURNING SENSATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMOSPERMIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URINALYSIS; UROFLOWMETRY; WART VIRUS;

EID: 22644443857     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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