Rapid identification of tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis by INNO-LiPA Rif TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube tests: Case report

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-317

  Paluch Oleś, Jolanta ^a   Magryś, Agnieszka ^a   Kot, Ewa ^b   Kozioł Montewka, Maria ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b District Railway Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epididymo orchitis; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; PCR; QuantiFERON TB Gold In Tube

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ISONIAZID; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTAL SWELLING; TUBERCULOUS EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; TESTIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MALE GENITAL;

EID: 77349087547     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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