Endemic brucellar epididymo-orchitis: A 10-year experience

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-313

  Papatsoris, Athanasios G ^a,c   Mpadra, Filitsa A ^b   Karamouzis, Michalis V ^b   Frangides, Christos Y ^a  

^a 'St Andrews' Patras Reg Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Elefteriou Venizelou 30   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDIDYMITIS; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORCHITIS; RELAPSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA;

EID: 0036929342     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(02)90166-9     Document Type: Article

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