Mycobacterium marinum epididymoorchitis: Case report and literature review

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-124

  MacEk, P ^a   Bodnarova, M ^b   Zavada, J ^c   Jezek, P ^d   Pavlik, I ^e   Slany, M ^e   Havelkova, M ^f   Stork, J ^b   Duskova, J ^a   Hanus, T ^a   Kocvara, R ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d Regional Hospital P íbram   (Czech Republic)

^e VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Epididymoorchitis; Immunosuppression; Mycobacterium marinum

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GENTAMICIN; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPIDIDYMITIS; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; ORCHITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051794188     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328220     Document Type: Article

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