title: [Brucellar orchitis. Report of a series of 16 cases].
abstract: A retrospective study of orchiepididymitis, diagnosed and admitted to our Unit over the 1989-94 period was conducted. there were 125 orchiepididymitis, of which 16 (12.8%) had a brucellar etiology, and three had simultaneously become abscessified (18.75%). Considering that our working area is located within an endemic region, and even more, our province has the country's highest incidence rate (112.8/100000 inh.), this prompted us to study the conditions' morbidity in the testicular location, while we make a superficial revision of this disease. Brucellar orchitis is a diagnostic option to be taken into account in endemic regions, and the clinical picture associated to the orchiepididymal process should make us suspect its diagnosis and trigger follow-up of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital General del Insalud, Soria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guinda Sevillano
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arévalo Velasco
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pérez Arbej
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Armáiz Esteban
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez Pérez
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nogueras Gimeno
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Espuela Orgaz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ulla Anes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009920:Orchitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Orquitis brucelar. Aportación de una serie de 16 casos.