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Cure of chronic prostatitis presumably due to Enterococcus spp and gram-negative bacteria

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  1. M. J. H. Pronk

    Present address: Department of Internal Medicine, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases C5P-39, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300, RC Leiden, The Netherlands

    M. J. H. Pronk & S. M. Arend

  2. Department of Urology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

    R. C. M. Pelger

  3. Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

    A. G. Baranski

  4. Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

    A. van Dam

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Pronk, M.J.H., Pelger, R.C.M., Baranski, A.G. et al. Cure of chronic prostatitis presumably due to Enterococcus spp and gram-negative bacteria. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25, 270–271 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0128-9

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