PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - N Jalil
AU  - A Doble
AU  - C Gilchrist
AU  - D Taylor-Robinson
TI  - Infection of the epididymis by Ureaplasma urealyticum.
AID  - 10.1136/sti.64.6.367
DP  - 1988 Dec 01
TA  - Genitourinary Medicine
PG  - 367--368
VI  - 64
IP  - 6
4099  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/64/6/367.short
4100  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/64/6/367.full
SO  - Genitourin Med1988 Dec 01; 64
AB  - Ureaplasma urealyticum organisms (ureaplasmas) were isolated from the urethra and epididymal aspirate of a man aged 24 who had acute right sided epididymitis. No other microorganisms were detected, and he had no chlamydial antibody response. A fourfold antibody response to the epididymal ureaplasma isolate was detected by two methods, however, and the patient responded clinically to doxycycline, to which the ureaplasmal isolates were susceptible in vitro. These findings suggest that U urealyticum had a causative role.