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Tuberculous orchiepididymitis diagnosed by nucleic acid amplification test: A case report

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Symptoms of tuberculous orchiepididymitis in a39-year-old male started with swelling of leftscrotum, followed by fistula formation withsuppurative discharge. There was no anyimprovement produced by antibiotics. Surgicalextirpation of inflammatory destroyed testicleand epidydimis was performed. Presence oftubercle bacilli was not shown bybacteriological analysis of testicle tissue.Tuberculous etiology was suggested afterhistopathological examination of testis andepididymis. Exudate from surgical wound wasexamined on presence of Mycobacteriumtuberculosis DNA. Etiology oforchiepididymitis was proved by positive assayand inflammatory process was completely curedby antituberculotics therapy. By this report itwas clearly shown that sometimes only molecularmethods could confirm etiology of inflammatoryprocess.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Public Health, Institute, Split, Croatia

    Zvonimir Barišić, Neven Vrsalović-Carević & Kazimir Milostić

  2. Public Health Institute, Vukovarska 46, HR-21000, Split, Croatia; Phone

    Darko Alfirević, Andrea Babić-Erceg, Elmica Borzić, Vinko Zoranić, Vanja Kaliterna & Merica Carev

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Barišić, Z., Vrsalović-Carević, N., Milostić, K. et al. Tuberculous orchiepididymitis diagnosed by nucleic acid amplification test: A case report. Int Urol Nephrol 35, 203–205 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:UROL.0000020296.88425.57

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