Epididymitis caused by Coxsackievirus A6 in association with hand, foot, and mouth disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4412-4413

  Vuorinen, Tytti ^a   Österback, Riikka ^a   Kuisma, Jani ^b   Ylipalosaari, Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; COXSACKIE VIRUS A6; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMITIS; FEVER; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORCHITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCROTAL SWELLING; TESTIS TORSION; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENETICS; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84910116068     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02441-14     Document Type: Article

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