A clinical case of orchitis with brucellosis etiology is presented. Testicular symptomatology appeared from the beginning of the brucellosis's general clinical picture. It envolved painfully and increased the testicular size, with no mictional symptoms, expanding progressively in spite of specific brucellosis therapy given from the beginning, towards formation of an intratesticular abscess which required orchiectomy, a way of progression we have not found in the related literature. The main differential diagnosis must be done with tuberculosis orchitis. Since our country had the largest incidence of brucellosis in Europe, and it is possible that in many cases a orchiepididymarial condition can become apparent in the initial phases, this is an etiology that should be taken into account among specific orchiepididymitis.
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Infect Dis Clin Microbiol
December 2023
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ondokuz Mayıs University School of Medicine, Samsun, Türkiye.
Objective: Brucellosis is one of the most prevalent zoonoses worldwide and is endemic in Türkiye. It is a multisystemic infection that can affect various organ systems. Epididymo-orchitis is the most common form of genitourinary involvement.
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July 2023
Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Brucellosis is an endemic zoonotic disease caused by intracellular gram-negative coccobacilli called . This infectious disease may implicate many farm animals and is transmissible to exposed humans. Brucellosis is potentially life-threatening and may lead to granulomatous multi-organ involvement with tendency to chronicity and recurrence.
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March 2023
Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Introduction: Epididymo-orchitis (EO) is a disease of both the epididymis and ipsilateral testis. Brucellar epididymo-orchitis (BEO) is an uncommon localized infection of the testis and epididymis which occurs in about 2-14 % of all patients with brucellosis as a result of urine Brucella removal or due to blood-borne septic metastasis.
Methods: Between January 2018 and June 2021, 50 patients with fever, chills, swelling, and pain of the testicle (testicles) were referred to our center.
J Int Med Res
June 2020
Department of Infection Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
Objective: We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and prognosis of 22 patients with -induced reproductive system injury.
Methods: We assessed 22 patients with reproductive system injury between 2010 and 2018 at The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University.
Results: The disease is predominant in men.
Aging Male
March 2020
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Siirt State Hospital, Siirt, Turkey.
Brucellosis is a multisystemic disease which may affect all organs. Epididymo-orchitis is the most common form of genitourinary involvement. The aim of this study was to present our eight-year experience regarding the management of patients with brucellar epididymo-orchitis (BEO).
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