[Epididymitis]

Helv Chir Acta. 1993 Dec;60(3):359-61.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The epididymitis is an infection due frequently to the Chlamydia trachomatis. The recent works explain the importance and severity of the affection by a local reaction of delayed hypersensibility analogue to the evolution of the tuberculosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chlamydia Infections / diagnosis
  • Chlamydia Infections / etiology
  • Chlamydia Infections / immunology
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / immunology
  • Epididymitis / diagnosis*
  • Epididymitis / etiology
  • Epididymitis / immunology
  • Humans
  • Hypersensitivity, Delayed / immunology
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged