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Epididymis tuberculosis: Case report and brief review of the literature
Tuberculosis (TB) is a secular disease caused by a bacillus, highly prevalent in Brazil. The genito-urinary tract involvement is rare, with the epididymis the most affected location. Treatment usually involves the combination of 3–4 drugs for TB for 6 months and surgery can be useful in complication...
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2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6656682/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31367526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100969 |
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| author | Borges, W.M. Bechara, G.R. de Miranda, M.M.L. de Figueiredo, G.B. Venturini, B.A. Laghi, C.R. |
| author_facet | Borges, W.M. Bechara, G.R. de Miranda, M.M.L. de Figueiredo, G.B. Venturini, B.A. Laghi, C.R. |
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| description | Tuberculosis (TB) is a secular disease caused by a bacillus, highly prevalent in Brazil. The genito-urinary tract involvement is rare, with the epididymis the most affected location. Treatment usually involves the combination of 3–4 drugs for TB for 6 months and surgery can be useful in complications. |
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| spelling | pubmed-66566822019-07-31 Epididymis tuberculosis: Case report and brief review of the literature Borges, W.M. Bechara, G.R. de Miranda, M.M.L. de Figueiredo, G.B. Venturini, B.A. Laghi, C.R. Urol Case Rep Inflammation and Infection Tuberculosis (TB) is a secular disease caused by a bacillus, highly prevalent in Brazil. The genito-urinary tract involvement is rare, with the epididymis the most affected location. Treatment usually involves the combination of 3–4 drugs for TB for 6 months and surgery can be useful in complications. Elsevier 2019-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6656682/ /pubmed/31367526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100969 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| spellingShingle | Inflammation and Infection Borges, W.M. Bechara, G.R. de Miranda, M.M.L. de Figueiredo, G.B. Venturini, B.A. Laghi, C.R. Epididymis tuberculosis: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title | Epididymis tuberculosis: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title_full | Epididymis tuberculosis: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title_fullStr | Epididymis tuberculosis: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epididymis tuberculosis: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title_short | Epididymis tuberculosis: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title_sort | epididymis tuberculosis: case report and brief review of the literature |
| topic | Inflammation and Infection |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6656682/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31367526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100969 |
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