Epididymitis, Acute

PATHOGENS

• Chlamydia trachomatis
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Mycoplasma genitalium
• Enterobacterales
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Ureaplasma species (rare)
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis(rare; more commonly chronic than acute)
• Brucella spp.(rare)
• Infrequent causes (usually spread hematogenously):
  • S. pneumoniae
  • N. meningitidis
  • T. pallidum
  • Nocardia spp.
  • H. influenzae type B
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Coccidioides
  • Blastomycosis
  • Cryptococcosis
  • Candida albicans and other Candida spp.
  • CMV