Epididymo-orchitis
Last updated: Tuesday, 30, November, 2010
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Usually infective (especially Gram-negative bacilli). May be associated with prostatitis or urinary tract infection. Urine microscopy and culture; genital swabs (urethral) to exclude gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection. See also Orchitis. | |
Tuberculous epididymo-orchitis is usually associated with renal tuberculosis: mycobacteria testing - urine. Epididymal biopsy, with culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, only if the diagnosis is uncertain, as there is a significant risk of infertility as a result of the procedure. |