Epididymo-orchitis and testicular abscess due to Nocardia asteroides complex.
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Routh, JC; Lischer, GH; Leibovich, BC
Published in: Urology
March 2005
Nocardia asteroides complex is a rare human pathogen chiefly affecting immunosuppressed patients. We present the sixth case of epididymo-orchitis attributable to this organism. A 78-year-old man presented to the Mayo Clinic with fever and weight loss after being treated with cyclophosphamide and prednisone for an immune-mediated vasculitis. He was found to have a testicular abscess, and orchiectomy was performed. N. asteroides complex was identified on the wound cultures. Sulfa therapy was begun. In previous case reports, this condition carried a 50% mortality rate. Patients who survive seemed to benefit from aggressive surgical debridement and long-term sulfa therapy.
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Urology
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EISSN
1527-9995
Publication Date
March 2005
Volume
65
Issue
3
Start / End Page
591
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Urology & Nephrology
- Testicular Diseases
- Orchitis
- Nocardia asteroides
- Nocardia Infections
- Male
- Humans
- Epididymitis
- Aged
- Abscess
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Routh, J. C., Lischer, G. H., & Leibovich, B. C. (2005). Epididymo-orchitis and testicular abscess due to Nocardia asteroides complex. Urology, 65(3), 591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2004.09.008
Routh, Jonathan C., Garrett H. Lischer, and Bradley C. Leibovich. “Epididymo-orchitis and testicular abscess due to Nocardia asteroides complex.” Urology 65, no. 3 (March 2005): 591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2004.09.008.
Routh JC, Lischer GH, Leibovich BC. Epididymo-orchitis and testicular abscess due to Nocardia asteroides complex. Urology. 2005 Mar;65(3):591.
Routh, Jonathan C., et al. “Epididymo-orchitis and testicular abscess due to Nocardia asteroides complex.” Urology, vol. 65, no. 3, Mar. 2005, p. 591. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.urology.2004.09.008.
Routh JC, Lischer GH, Leibovich BC. Epididymo-orchitis and testicular abscess due to Nocardia asteroides complex. Urology. 2005 Mar;65(3):591.
Published In
Urology
DOI
EISSN
1527-9995
Publication Date
March 2005
Volume
65
Issue
3
Start / End Page
591
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Urology & Nephrology
- Testicular Diseases
- Orchitis
- Nocardia asteroides
- Nocardia Infections
- Male
- Humans
- Epididymitis
- Aged
- Abscess