Open AccessAn observational study to monitor the efficacy and tolerability of levofloxacin 500 mg once daily for treatment of chronic bacterial prostatitis in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Amr Ismail El Meliegy,
Mohammed Torky
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.148623
Subject(s) - levofloxacin , tolerability , medicine , observational study , prostatitis , adverse effect , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , prostate , cancer , biology
Chronic prostatitis is a common urological problem in men <50-year-old. Untypical uropathogens and an intact blood prostate barrier cause difficulty in using antibiotics to treat the infection.