Effectiveness of Antibiotics Given to Asymptomatic Men for an Increased Prostate Specific Antigen

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-132

  Baltaci, Sümer ^a   Süer, Evren ^a   Haliloǧlu, Ahmet Hakan ^a   Gokce, Mehmet Ilker ^a   Elhan, Atilla Halil ^a   Bedük, Yaşar ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

anti bacterial agents; prostate specific antigen; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57149093190     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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