Tubercular endometritis detected through Pap smear campaign in Enugu, Nigeria

In a series of 3,267 cervical smears examined in Enugu, Nigeria, from 1993 through 2010, there was a single positive case of tuberculosis (TB). It was found in a 55-year-old, Para 7, postmenopausal woman. Treatment for tuberculosis was instituted successfully.

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Autores principales: Onuigbo, Wilson, Esimai, Bessie, Nwaekpe, Chinenye, Chijioke, Grace
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012
Materias:
Letter to the Editors
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22593783
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spelling pubmed-33436752012-05-16 Tubercular endometritis detected through Pap smear campaign in Enugu, Nigeria Onuigbo, Wilson Esimai, Bessie Nwaekpe, Chinenye Chijioke, Grace Pan Afr Med J Letter to the Editors In a series of 3,267 cervical smears examined in Enugu, Nigeria, from 1993 through 2010, there was a single positive case of tuberculosis (TB). It was found in a 55-year-old, Para 7, postmenopausal woman. Treatment for tuberculosis was instituted successfully. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3343675/ /pubmed/22593783 Text en © Wilson Onuigbo et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tubercular endometritis detected through Pap smear campaign in Enugu, Nigeria
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title_full Tubercular endometritis detected through Pap smear campaign in Enugu, Nigeria
title_fullStr Tubercular endometritis detected through Pap smear campaign in Enugu, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Tubercular endometritis detected through Pap smear campaign in Enugu, Nigeria
title_short Tubercular endometritis detected through Pap smear campaign in Enugu, Nigeria
title_sort tubercular endometritis detected through pap smear campaign in enugu, nigeria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22593783
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