Brucellar epididymo-orchitis in southeastern part of Turkey: An 8 year experience

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-115

  Celen, Mustafa Kemal ^a   Ulug, Mehmet ^b   Ayaz, Celal ^a   Geyik, Mehmet Faruk ^c   Hosoglu, Salih ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b BSK Anadolu Hospital   (Turkey)

^c DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Epididymo orchitis; Medical treatment; Turkey

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; ORCHITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; TESTICULAR ENLARGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 77954767768     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1413-8670(10)70021-0     Document Type: Article

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