Conventional bacteriology in prostatitis patients: Microbiological bias, problems and epidemiology on 1686 microbial isolates

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-75

  Mazzoli, Sandra ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gram negative; Gram positive; Meares stamey test; Polymerase chain reaction; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMATACEAE; PATHOGENESIS; PROSTATITIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; URETHRITIS; YEAST;

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34547202592     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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