Epididymitis, Acute

Michael Melia, M.D.

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

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