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Isolation of chlamydia trachomatis from prostatic tissue of patients undergoing transurethral prostatectomy

Isolation von Chlamydia trachomatis aus Prostatagewebe, das anläßlich transurethraler Prostatektomie entnommen wurde

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Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from three of 100 prostatic tissue specimens obtained from patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate. All examined patients were free from symptoms of urethral or prostatic inflammation. Our findings are in accordance with the high incidence of asymptomatic chlamydial infection of the lower genital tract and the increasing evidence thatC. trachomatis can cause infection of the prostate.

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Chlamydia trachomatis wurde aus drei von 100 Prostatageweben isoliert, die anläßlich von transurethraler Prostataresektion gewonnen wurden. Keiner der Patienten hatte Symptome einer Entzündung der Urethra oder Prostata. Unsere Befunde stehen in Übereinstimmung mit der hohen Inzidenz asymptomatischer Infektionen des unteren Genitaltraktes durch Chlamydien und der zunehmenden Beweislast, daßC. trachomatis Infektionen der Prostata verursachen kann.

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  1. Infectious Disease Unit, Israel

    M. Dan M.D.

  2. Dept. of Urology, The E. Wolfson Hospital, 58100, Holon

    Y. I. Siegel M.D., D. Korczak M.D. & A. Lindner M.D.

  3. Chlamydia and Mycoplasma National Center, Microbiology Dept., Beilenson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel

    Z. Samra Ph.D.

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Dan, M., Siegel, Y.I., Korczak, D. et al. Isolation of chlamydia trachomatis from prostatic tissue of patients undergoing transurethral prostatectomy. Infection 19, 162–163 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01643241

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