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Are intraprostatic antibiotic injections effective against chronic bacterial prostatitis if oral-antibiotics haven't worked?

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

Specializes in Endocrinology

Prostate abio shoots: Are intraprostatic antibiotic injections effective against chronic bacterial prostatitis if oral-antibiotics haven't worked? Never heard of that way to treat prostatitis. But may down there they do. I would think not.

Answered 12/15/2016

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