Aim: This study was done to evaluate polymerase chain reaction( PCR) and BACTEC culture in diagnosis of female genital tuberculosis. The findings of these diagnostic modalities were compared with that of direct microscopy and culture on Lowenstein-Jensen( LJ) medium and also with that of laparoscopy. Methods: Thirty clinically suspected cases of female genital tuberculosis were included in this...

Tuberculosis remains a global health problem, primarily in developing countries with inadequate health services. A significant portion of tuberculosis in these settings is extrapulmonary, including tuberculosis of the genitourinary tract. Patients with genital tuberculosis are usually young women detected during work up for infertility. After menopause, tuberculosis of the endometrium is a rare...

Tuberculosis remains a global health problem, primarily in developing countries with inadequate health services. A significant portion of tuberculosis in these settings is extrapulmonary, including tuberculosis of the genitourinary tract. Patients with genital tuberculosis are usually young women detected during work up for infertility. After menopause, tuberculosis of the endometrium is a rare...

Two hundred and thirty cases of tuberculosis were analysed at randoln in O.P.D. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Governnlent Medical college, Amritsar from January 1997 to March 2001. The aim was to evaluate the ~linicopathologicalpresentation of the disease and the Inode of diagnosis by formulating some suspicion criteria, inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria and conclusion criteria and to see...

Genitourinary system is the most common extrapulmonary site after lymph node involvement affected by tuberculosis (TB). TB can affect whole male genital organs; epididymis, testis, prostate, seminal vesicle, vas deferens, scrotal skin, bulbourethral glands and penis. Although male genital TB (MGTB) is reported rarely in the literature, most of the cases are overlooked. It is not always very eas...