Atypical infections of the prostate

Current Prostate Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-93

  Wise, Gilbert J ^a   Shteynshlyuger, Alex ^b  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZITHROMYCIN; CILASTATIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALACOPLAKIA; MELIOIDOSIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; MYCOSIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATITIS; REVIEW; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 58149302492     PISSN: 15441865     EISSN: 1544225X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11918-008-0014-2     Document Type: Review

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