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Anaerobic infections in chronic prostatitis and chronic urethritis

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46 patients with chronic prostatitis or chronic urethritis were examined for anaerobic infections in the urine and in the prostate. The patients underwent a thorough urological examination. Anaerobic and aerobic cultures were made, both from transperineal biopsy material and from urine and prostatic secretion. The technique of anaerobic culture was based on a transport time for the clinical samples of less than 1/2 h, as well as on the use of the “glove-box” technique and pre-reduced media. Anaerobic bacteriuria was found in 1 out of 46 patients, but in no case were anaerobic bacteria localized with certainty to the prostatic tissue, the prostatic secretion or the urethra.

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  1. Urological Department D, Rigshospitalet, and Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Tage Justesen M.D., Mogens Lykkegaard Nielsen & Thais Hattel

  2. Statens Seruminstitut, DK-2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark

    Tage Justesen M.D.

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Justesen, T., Nielsen, M.L. & Hattel, T. Anaerobic infections in chronic prostatitis and chronic urethritis. Med Microbiol Immunol 158, 237–248 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02120559

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