A tale of resistant Escherichia coli epididymo-orchitis in an HIV-positive individual

Abstract

Epididymo-orchitis in men > 35 years is more frequently associated with enteric rather than sexually transmitted organisms. We describe a case for which we did not find any reports of this type of treatment failure in the past.

Keywords

Antibiotics antibiotic resistance case report epididymo-orchitis human immunodeficiency virus orchitis nitrofurantoin sexually transmitted disease urinary tract infection

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. Personal communication with Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust Consultant Microbiologist (Unpublished data).