aResident, Dept. of General Surgery, bAssistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra 411018, India.
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Testicular abscess is a rare surgical entity scrotal region. E Coli is the commonest causative organism. A total number of eight cases of testicular abscesses had been reviewed for a period of one year. It was seen that, the cases mainly present with complaint of acute scrotum with discharging pus. Mean age of the patients under study is around 45 yrs. Ultrasonography used for diagnosis. It was found that identifying bacterial pathogens are found in eight cases. E coli were found to be the commonest pathogen in culture isolate. One patient of testicular abscess; pus culture revealed AFB to be causative bacteria. Only a single case of acute testicular abscess was found to have seropositivity for Hbsag .broad spectrum antibiotics were used as mainstay of treatment.
Corresponding Author : Nilesh Sinha, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra 411018, India.