Effect of experimentally induced Escherichia coli epididymo-orchitis and ciprofloxacin treatment on rat spermatogenesis

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 268-272

  Demir, Aslan ^a   Türker, Polat ^a   Önol, Fikret Fatih ^a   Sirvanci, Serap ^a   Findik, Ayfer ^a   Tarcan, Tufan ^a,b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epididymo orchitis; Fluoroquinolones; Rats; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS SIZE; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDIDYMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MALE; ORCHITIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947212784     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01682.x     Document Type: Article

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