Genital Tuberculosis as the Cause of Tuboovarian Abscess in an Immunosuppressed Patient
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Genital Tuberculosis as the Cause of Tuboovarian Abscess in an Immunosuppressed Patient
BACKGROUND Although tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem worldwide, primary extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), and in particular female genital tract infection, remains a rare event. CASE REPORT A 35-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive woman of African descent with lower abdominal pain and fever of two days duration underwent surgery due to left adnexal mass sugge...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1064-7449,1098-0997
DOI: 10.1155/2009/745060