Acute epididymo-orchitis due to Salmonella Typhi in a young man from Bangladesh

S. typhi infection rarely involves the genitourinary system. We report the first described case of acute epididymo-orchitis due to S. typhi in a 14-year-old boy from Bangladesh. A high index of suspicion should be maintained when evaluating patients coming from endemic countries also in case of unus...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Infection 2019-10, Vol.47 (5), p.857-860
Hauptverfasser:	Gardini, Giulia, Comelli, Agnese, Pecorelli, Silvia, Parolini, Filippo, Tomasoni, Lina, Pezzotta, Ramona, Fiorentini, Simona, Caruso, Arnaldo, Alberti, Daniele, Castelli, Francesco
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Bangladesh Case Report Epididymo-orchitis Family Medicine General Practice Humans Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mens health Orchitis Orchitis - drug therapy Orchitis - microbiology Salmonella Salmonella Infections - diagnosis Salmonella Infections - drug therapy Salmonella typhi - isolation & purification Urogenital system Vaccines
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Zusammenfassung:	S. typhi infection rarely involves the genitourinary system. We report the first described case of acute epididymo-orchitis due to S. typhi in a 14-year-old boy from Bangladesh. A high index of suspicion should be maintained when evaluating patients coming from endemic countries also in case of unusual sites of infection.
ISSN:	0300-8126 1439-0973
DOI:	10.1007/s15010-019-01280-y