Tuberculous endometritis - a worrying recrudescence for infertility

PCR-Based Evaluation of Tuberculous Endometritis in Infertile Women of North India

BACKGROUND Tuberculous endometritis is often a diagnostic dilemma for gynecologists in the evaluation of infertility. This study evaluated and compared different diagnostic methods in tuberculous endometritis. METHODS 100 infertile women were investigated for tuberculous endometritis. The endometrial samples obtained by curettage were evaluated by Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining of the smears for...

Tuberculous endometritis: its association with infertility and other gynaecological complaints in Indian women

Association of tuberculous endometritis with infertility and other gynecological complaints of women in India.

Endometrial biopsy samples derived from 393 patients with assorted gynecological complaints were investigated for mycobacterial infection. By employment of four different techniques, mycobacterial pathogens were detected irrespective of the nature/type of clinical complaint. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the predominant pathogen detected among the samples investigated.

Endometrial Histological Findings in Infertile Women

Background and Objective: Infertility is a global health problem and in Pakistan frequency of subfertility is 21.9%. The fact that cyclical histological changes in the endometrium correlate with fluctuating biorhythms of various hormone levels enables histological appearance of the endometrium to be a reliable parameter to evaluate the cause of infertility. Objective: To discern the histologica...

Prevalence of Endometrial Tuberculosis in Infertility Cases

Aim of the Study: To study the prevalence of endometrial tuberculosis in infertility cases. Materials and Methods: A one year prospective study was carried out at Dept of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Princess Esra Hospital, DCMS, Hyderabad from Jan 2014 to Dec 2014. Endometrial curettings obtained from 100 cases of primary and secondary infertility were included. The diagnosis of endometrial tub...