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This chapter covers common and rare infections in urological practice that are not covered in other parts of the book. It starts off with the definition of sepsis and septicaemia. Other topics that are covered in this chapter, with details of recognising and treating them, include prostatic abscesses and infections, Fournier’s gangrene, testicular infections and para-urethral abscesses.

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  1. Department of Urology, Bristol Urological Institute, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK

    Hashim Hashim M.D., FEBU, FRCS (Urol) (Consultant Urological Surgeon and Director of the Urodynamics Unit)

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  1. Hashim Hashim M.D., FEBU, FRCS (Urol)
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Correspondence to Hashim Hashim M.D., FEBU, FRCS (Urol) .

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  1. Urological Institute, Department of Urology, Southmead Hospital, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom

    Hashim Hashim

  2. Dept. Urology, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom

    John Reynard

  3. Dept. Radiology, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom

    Nigel C. Cowan

  4. University College Hospital, 235 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BU, United Kingdom

    Dan Wood

  5. , Department of Urology, Lenox Hill Hospital, 100 East 77th Street, New York, 10075, New York, USA

    Noel Armenakas

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Hashim, H. (2013). Other Infective Urological Emergencies. In: Hashim, H., Reynard, J., Cowan, N., Wood, D., Armenakas, N. (eds) Urological Emergencies In Clinical Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2720-8_4

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