Prevalence of genital mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas in men younger than 40 years-of-age with acute epididymitis

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 234-238

  Ito, Shin ^a   Tsuchiya, Tomohiro ^b   Yasuda, Mitsuru ^b   Yokoi, Shigeaki ^b   Nakano, Masahiro ^b   Deguchi, Takashi ^b  

^a IClinic   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute epididymitis; Mycoplasma genitalium; Mycoplasma hominis; Ureaplasma parvum; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857356989     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2011.02917.x     Document Type: Article

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