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Urogenital tuberculosis in a patient with end-stage renal disease

Abstract Tuberculosis is one of the most common infections worldwide with particularly high incidence rates in countries with unfavorable socioeconomic conditions and among persons with impaired immune systems. While most patients with this disease will present with pulmonary tuberculosis, immunocompromi...

Vulvar tuberculosis-A rare manifestation of the disease

Abstract Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to data from the World Health Organization, this disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although it most commonly affects the lungs, tuberculosis can compromise any organ. The present stu...

Tuberculosis genitourinaria en la Araucania: experiencia en el Hospital Regional de Temuco
Genitourinary tuberculosis at Araucanía: experience at Hospital Regional de Temuco

Rev. chil. urol; 63 (1), 1998
Se estudian 62 casos con tuberculosis genitourinaria tratados entre 1989 y 1996. Corresponden a 41 hombres y 21 mujeres con un promedio de edad de 42,6 años. El 58,1 por ciento habita en localidad rural y un 37,1 por ciento tiene ascendencia mapuche. El 32,3 por ciento tiene antecedentes de tuberculosis...