Rapid Diagnosis of Brucella Epididymo-Orchitis by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Urine Samples

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2290-2293

  Queipo Ortuño, Maria Isabel ^a   Colmenero, Juan D ^b   Muñoz, Nuria ^b   Baeza, Guillermo ^a   Clavijo, Encarna ^c   Morata, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Microbiology Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

brucellosis orchitis; epididymitis; polymerase chain reaction; testis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MALE; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751012400     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.07.052     Document Type: Article

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