Pyospermia in an adult cohort with persistent lower urinary tract symptoms and a history of ablated posterior urethral valve

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 614-618

  Schober, Justine M ^a   Dulabon, Lori M ^b   Gor, Ronak A ^a,c   Woodhouse, Christopher R J ^d  

^a HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Posterior urethral valve; Pyospermia

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENURESIS; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOSPERMIA; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; URETHRA VALVE; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN; SUPPURATION; URETHRA; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINATION DISORDERS; UROLOGIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049251345     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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