Detection of Nanobacteria Infection in Type III Prostatitis

Urology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1091-1095

  Zhou, Zhansong ^a   Hong, Li ^a   Shen, Xuecheng ^a   Rao, Xiancai ^b   Jin, Xiyu ^a   Lu, Gensheng ^a   Li, Longkun ^a   Xiong, Enqing ^a   Li, Weibing ^a   Zhang, Jiahua ^a   Chen, Zhiwen ^a   Pan, Jinhong ^a   Song, Bo ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SECRETION; PROSTATITIS; RNA SEQUENCE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NANOPARTICLES; PROSTATITIS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 44449110728     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.02.041     Document Type: Article

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