Does finasteride have a preventive effect on chronic bacterial prostatitis? Pilot study using an animal model

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-209

  Lee, Choong Bum ^a   Ha, U Syn ^b   Yim, Seung Hyuk ^b   Lee, Hyun Rim ^b   Sohn, Dong Wan ^b   Han, Chang Hee ^c   Cho, Yong Hyun ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Chronic bacterial prostatitis; Finasteride; Lower urinary tract infection; Prevention; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; FINASTERIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; URINE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATITIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79952992196     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320109     Document Type: Article

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