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Case Reports
. 2007 Feb;54(2):e69-73.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.04.005. Epub 2006 Jun 8.

Three cases of xanthogranulomatous epididymitis caused by E. coli

Taek Won Kang  1 , Kyung Hwa Lee, Cheng Zhe Piao, Ki Jung Yun, Hee Jae Joo, Kwang Sung Park, Yoo Duk Choi, Sang Woo Juhng, Chan Choi
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Three cases of xanthogranulomatous epididymitis caused by E. coli

Taek Won Kang et al. J Infect. 2007 Feb.

Abstract

Xanthogranulomatous epididymitis is an uncommon but benign process, characterized by tissue destruction and the accumulation of abundant foamy macrophages mixed with lymphocytes and plasma cells. The pathogens generally found to cause xanthogranulomatous inflammation have been Proteus and E. coli. We identified such a pathogen by sequencing divergent regions of 16S rRNA, followed by pathogen-specific-PCR using alr, ipaH, ial, and iuc primer pairs in DNA microdissected from an H&E stained slide. We report here three cases of xanthogranulomatous epididymitis caused by E. coli.

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