An update on lower urinary tract tuberculosis

Current Prostate Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-95

  Wise, Gilbert J ^a   Shteynshlyuger, Alex ^b  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ALBUMINURIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; EPIDIDYMITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATITIS; PYURIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TESTIS DISEASE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 34247588570     PISSN: 15441865     EISSN: 1544225X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11918-007-0012-9     Document Type: Review

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