High detection rate of Trichomonas vaginalis in benign hyperplastic prostatic tissue

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-116

  Mitteregger, Dieter ^a   Aberle, Stephan W ^a   Makristathis, Athanasios ^a   Walochnik, Julia ^a   Brozek, Wolfgang ^a   Marberger, Michael ^a   Kramer, Gero ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Chronic inflammation; Infection; Prostate gland; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; AUSTRIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; TRICHOMONIASIS;

AGED; AUSTRIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 84860588380     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-011-0205-2     Document Type: Article

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