Genitourinary tuberculosis in a 54-year-old woman: diagnostic difficulty

• Authors: Harun Agca , Orhan Baylan , Mustafa Ozyurt , Ali Acar , Ugur Demirpek , Tuncer Haznedaroglu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) is an extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis seen in 1.2% of all cases of tuberculosis. The clinical case of a 54-year-old woman diagnosed with GUTB is presented. Cloudy urine, abdominal pain, and microscopic hematuria led us to investigate for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although cultures were negative, positive Ehrlich-Ziehl-Neelsen (EZN) staining and a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) revealed the diagnosis of M. tuberculosis complex (MTC), which was confirmed by treatment success. It has been shown that PCR is a reliable and rapid method for establishing or supporting the diagnosis of tuberculosis and can be used in a routine diagnostic algorithm when conventional methods fail to identify MTC.

Keywords

EN

Genitourinary tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 569-572

Dates

published

1 - 10 - 2010

online

20 - 8 - 2010

Contributors

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Harun Agca

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

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Orhan Baylan

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

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Mustafa Ozyurt

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

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Ali Acar

• Department of Infectious Diseases, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

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Ugur Demirpek

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

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Tuncer Haznedaroglu

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-010-0011-z