[Acute periurethritis: 155 cases]

Med Trop (Mars). 1992 Jul-Sep;52(3):263-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Severe complications of urethral stricture, acute peri-urethral phlegmon can be localized or diffuse. They are characterized by polymicrobial infections. The mortality rates about 7% is the privilege of diffuses forms. The treatment associates medical and surgical procedures, and consists in polyantibiotherapy and excision of suppurative lesions. From a series of 155 cases we analyse the pathogenical, clinical and therapeutical aspects.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cellulitis / epidemiology*
  • Cellulitis / etiology
  • Cellulitis / therapy
  • Child
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Senegal / epidemiology
  • Urethral Stricture / complications*
  • Urethral Stricture / surgery
  • Urethritis / epidemiology*
  • Urethritis / etiology
  • Urethritis / therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents