The Effect of Antibiotherapy on Prostate Specific Antigen Levels and Prostate Biopsy Results in Patients with Levels 2 5 to 10 ng mL
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Gökhan Toktaş
Erkan Erkan
Türkiye
Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ramazan KOCAASLAN Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Uğur Yücetaş
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(SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
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| Dergi Adı | Journal of Endourology | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 0892-7790 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 08-2013 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 27 / 8 / 1061–1067 | DOI | 10.1089/end.2013.0022 |
| Makale Linki | http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/end.2013.0022 | ||
| Özet |
| PurposeThis controlled prospective study aims to investigate the possible effects of antibiotic treatment on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and its derivatives, and consequently on the transrectal biopsy rates, in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.Patients and MethodsOne hundred and forty patients aged 45 to 70 years old, with a PSA level between 2.5 and 10 ng/mL and normal digital rectal examinations (DRE), were included in this study between June 2009 and November 2010. The patients were randomly assigned into two groups. The first group received oral levofloxacin 500 mg 1*1 for 21 days; the second, the control group, was given no treatment. Initially, total PSA, free PSA, a DRE, urinary ultrasonography (including prostate volume, postvoiding residual urine), uroflowmetry, International Prostate Symptom Score, National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index, and International Index of … |
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