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Frequency of Propionibacterium acnes Infection in Prostate Glands with Negative Biopsy Results Is an Independent Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer in Patients with Increased Serum PSA Titers

BACKGROUND: Propionibacterium acnes has recently been implicated as a cause of chronic prostatitis and this commensal bacterium may be linked to prostate carcinogenesis. The occurrence of intracellular P. acnes infection in prostate glands and the higher frequency of P. acnes-positive glands in radi...

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Autores principales: Kakegawa, Tomoya, Bae, Yuan, Ito, Takashi, Uchida, Keisuke, Sekine, Masaki, Nakajima, Yutaka, Furukawa, Asuka, Suzuki, Yoshimi, Kumagai, Jiro, Akashi, Takumi, Eishi, Yoshinobu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5231393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28081259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169984