Orchiepididymitis by Mycobacterium africanum;Orquiepididimitis por Mycobacterium africanum

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 600-602

  Pérez De Pedro, Iván ^a   Bermúdez, Pilar ^a   Artero, Iván ^a   Jiménez, María Soledad ^b  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 56549091071     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13128283     Document Type: Letter

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