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Table 1 Trichomonas vaginalis infection detection status by PCR and age of BPH patients

From: Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in prostate tissue and serostatus in patients with asymptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia

Diagnosis

T. vaginalis positive (by PCR)

T. vaginalis negative (by PCR)

N (%)

Mean age ± SD

N (%)

Mean age ± SD

BPH and iCaP

43/177 (24.3)

65.7 ± 4.2

134/177 (75.7)

65.8 ± 5.1

BPH only

42/171 (24.6)

65.6 ± 5.3

129/171 (75.4)

65.8 ± 2.3

  1. BPH benign prostatic hyperplasia, iCaP incidental prostate cancer
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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