Evaluation Of Seven Cases With Brucella Epididymo-Orchitis

HALİME LÜLLECİ, GÖNÜL ÇİÇEK ŞENTÜRK, MERVE SEFA SAYAR, Fatma Aybala Altay, ASLI HAYKIR SOLAY

  • Year : 2019
  • Vol : 35
  • Issue : 4
  •  Page : 259-263

Brucellosis is one of the most frequent zoonotic diseases in our country. Brucellosis, a systemic infection, can arise with various clinical involvements. Genitourinary involvement is seen at varying rates between 4-20%.Seven examinedepididymo-orchitis cases were diagnosed through anamnesis, physical examination and ultrasonography.All of our patients are provincials, in their anamnesis, there are histories regarding eating infected milk and dairy products and         miscarriages in animals. Only in two of seven cases, diagnosis was made through coombs tube agglutination; in the other five of seven cases, standard tube agglutination test was sufficient for diagnosis. Blood culture positiveness was determined in three patients. Patients were healed by taking brucella treatment for six weeks.      Combined modality therapy was administered to all patients. Treatment deficiency was not determined in any patients. In this article, we aim to provide taking into consideration also brucellosis in histories of patients having epididymo-orchitis treatment.

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Cite this Article As : Sayar MS, Şentürk GÇ, Lülleci H, Altay FA, Solay AH. Brusella Epididimoorşitli 7 Vakanın Değerlendirmesi. Selcuk Med J 2019;35(4): 259-263

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Evaluation Of Seven Cases With Brucella Epididymo-Orchitis
, Vol. 35 (4)
Received : 27.01.2016, Accepted : 27.01.2016, Published Online : 03.12.2019
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