Brucellar epididymo orchitis A retrospective multicenter study of 28 cases and review of the literature
 
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Savaşcı Ümit
Ahmet Karakaş Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi, Türkiye
Emsal Aydın Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ramazan KOCAASLAN Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ören Nisa Cem
Ömer Coşkun
Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi, Türkiye
Vedat Turhan
Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi, Türkiye
Hanefi Cem Gül Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi, Türkiye
Çiçek A Fuat
Emin Aydur
Can Polat Eyigün Sanko Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 1477-8939 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 11-2014
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 12 / 6 / 667–672 DOI 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.10.005
Makale Linki http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1477893914001963
Özet
ObjectiveTo review retrospectively the clinical symptoms, laboratory findings and treatment outcomes of patients with Brucellar epididymo-orchitis.Material and methodRetrospective data of 28 patients with Brucellar epididymo-orchitis who admitted to four medical centers between 2005 and 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Positive blood culture, positive Rose Bengal test results or high agglutination titres of ≥1/160 with the positive clinical and ultrasonographic findings of orchitis were accepted as the main criteria for Brucellar epididymo-orchitis.ResultsThe mean patient age was 31 ± 16.9 years. Testicular involvement was on the left side in 16 patients and on the right side in 11 patients, one had bilateral disease. Testicular pain and swelling were the most common symptoms and elevation of C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and leucocytosis were the most common laboratory …
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