Diagnosis and Management of Epididymitis

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-108

  Tracy, Chad R ^a   Steers, William D ^a   Costabile, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; GABAPENTIN; ISONIAZID; IVERMECTIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALLERGY; BEHCET DISEASE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; EPIDIDYMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MICROFILARIASIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; STEROID THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 36448968592     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2007.09.013     Document Type: Review

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