Coryneform bacteria in semen of chronic prostatitis patients

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Türk, Silver ^a   Korrovits, Paul ^a,b   Punab, Margus ^b   Mändar, Reet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium; Coryneform bacteria; Leukocytospermia; Prostatitis; Semen

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETALES; ADULT; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM SEMINALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTHROBACTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN;

EID: 33947664971     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2006.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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