A rare case of granulomatous prostatitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-61

  Tamsel, Sadýk ^a   Killi, Refik ^a   Ertan, Yesim ^a   Demirpolat, Gulgun ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infectious granulomatous prostatitis; Prostatic tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATITIS; RARE DISEASE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE CULTURE;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, UROGENITAL;

EID: 33846209110     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20251     Document Type: Article

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