https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2015.2.151

Different presentation types of primary Brucella epididimo-orchitis

Vol. 87 No. 2 (2015)
Submitted: July 6, 2015
Accepted: July 6, 2015
Published: July 7, 2015
Brucellosis, Testis, Epididymo-orchitis, Acute scrotum, Infection
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Huseyin Aydemir
Department of Urology, Ministry of Health Sakarya Teaching and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
Gokcen Budak
Department of Infectious Disease Clinic, Tire State Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
Salih Budak
salihbudak1977@gmail.com
Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Izmir, Turkey.
Orcun Celik
Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Izmir, Turkey.
Okan Yalbuzdag
Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Izmir, Turkey.
Ibrahim Keles
Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that involved genitourinary system in 2-20% and most commonly cause single sided epididymo-orchitis. In our country Brucella is an endemic disease and causes serious and different diagnosis of acute scrotum and epididy-moorchitis. In this paper six cases of epididymo-orchitis cases which were resistant to classical treatment were discussed according to clinical and laboratory findings. We describe different types of presentation of Brucella epididymoorchitis with diagnosis and treatment modalities.

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Aydemir, H., Budak, G., Budak, S., Celik, O., Yalbuzdag, O., & Keles, I. (2015). Different presentation types of primary Brucella epididimo-orchitis. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 87(2), 151–153. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2015.2.151

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