Case series of genital tuberculosis

Genital tuberculosis (TB) is a rare, comprising <0.5% cases of extrapulmonary TB. Among cases of genitourinary TB, glandular TB is even rarer. Its a diagnosis of exclusion. Most patients present later in the course of disease due to the associated stigma in view of site of involvement and the hes...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chhonkar, Aditi, Tambe, Swagata, Aswani, Yashant, Nayak, Chitra S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30148275
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_3_17
Descripción
Sumario:Genital tuberculosis (TB) is a rare, comprising <0.5% cases of extrapulmonary TB. Among cases of genitourinary TB, glandular TB is even rarer. Its a diagnosis of exclusion. Most patients present later in the course of disease due to the associated stigma in view of site of involvement and the hesitancy on the patients's part. We saw two such cases of nonhealing genital ulcers in immunocompetent males.

Ejemplares similares