Microflora of the seminal fluid of healthy men and men suffering from chronic prostatitis syndrome

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 462-467

  Ivanov, Iuri B ^a   Kuzmin, Michael D ^a   Gritsenko, Viktor A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND INTRACELLULAR SYMBIOSIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Complement system proteins; Microflora; Prostatitis; Seminal fluid

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETALES; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYSIS TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOCCUS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPERNATANT;

ADULT; BACTERIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70049087699     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2008.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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