Microbiology of acute epididymitis in a developing community.
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Microbiology of acute epididymitis in a developing community.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the aetiology of acute epididymitis in a developing community with a view of determining appropriate antimicrobial therapy. SETTING City Health Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic, King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa. PARTICIPANTS 144 adult men with clinically diagnosed acute epididymitis. METHOD Endourethral swab and midstream urine (MSU) specimens w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1993
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.69.5.361