Ureaplasma urealyticum-Induced Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines by Macrophages
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Infection of the epididymis by Ureaplasma urealyticum.
Ureaplasma urealyticum organisms (ureaplasmas) were isolated from the urethra and epididymal aspirate of a man aged 24 who had acute right sided epididymitis. No other microorganisms were detected, and he had no chlamydial antibody response. A fourfold antibody response to the epididymal ureaplasma isolate was detected by two methods, however, and the patient responded clinically to doxycycline...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200007000-00020