High frequency of chronic bacterial and non-inflammatory prostatitis in infertile patients with prostatitis syndrome plus irritable bowel syndrome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Vicari, Enzo ^a   la Vignera, Sandro ^a   Arcoria, Domenico ^a   Condorelli, Rosita ^a   Vicari, Lucia O ^a   Castiglione, Roberto ^a   Mangiameli, Andrea ^a   Calogero, Aldo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH CHRONIC PROSTATITIS SYMPTOM INDEX; NONINFLAMMATORY PROSTATITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSTATITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INFLAMMATION; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATITIS;

EID: 79954462499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018647     Document Type: Article

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