Chronic prostatic infection and inflammation by Propionibacterium acnes in a rat prostate infection model.

Chronic inflammation in the prostate, seen as infiltration of inflammatory cells into the prostate gland in histological samples, affects approximately half the male population without indication of prostate disease, and is almost ubiquitous in patients diagnosed with benign prostate hyperplasia and...

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Main Authors: Jan Olsson, Johanna Bergh Drott, Lovisa Laurantzon, Oscar Laurantzon, Anders Bergh, Fredrik Elgh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3519880?pdf=render