Urinary tract infections and genitourinary abnormalities in Cameroonian men

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 520-525

  Yuyun, Matthew F ^a   Angwafo III, Fru F ^b   Koulla Shiro, Sinata ^b   Zoung Kanyi, Jimmy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Prostatic hyperplasia; Urethral stricture; Urinary calculi; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; URETHRAL STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 2342588657     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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