ReviewTherapeutic advances in infectious disease2014
Urogenital tuberculosis: definition and classification.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) in urine for genitourinary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2017Pooled it
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- Miliary Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive Review of Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Complications.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Review
- Diagnostic value of the tuberculosis-specific antigen, CFP10, in renal tuberculosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Case Report: A clinically relevant isolation ofFrontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- An Unusual Case Report of Male Genital Tuberculosis.Cureus · 2024Article
- Clinical manifestations and immune response to tuberculosis.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2023Review
- A rare case of disseminated genitourinary tract tuberculosis complicated by emphysematous prostatitis and seminal vesicle abscess.BJR case reports · 2023Article
- Bladder tuberculosis with ureteral strictures after bacillus Calmette‑Guérin therapy for urinary bladder cancer: A case report.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- Review of 175 Cases of Tuberculosis Infections Affecting the Urogenital System.Turkish journal of urology · 2022Article
- Serologic and urinary characteristics of laboratory-confirmed genitourinary tuberculosis at a tertiary hospital in the Philippines.BMC urology · 2021Article
- Genital tuberculosis role in female infertility in Portugal.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2021Article
- Male genital tract tuberculosis: A comprehensive review of imaging findings and differential diagnosis.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2021Review
- Urinary tuberculosis: still a challenge.World journal of urology · 2020Review
- Urogenital tuberculosis in a patient with end-stage renal disease.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2020Article
- [Urological infections and migration].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2019Article
- Diseases masking and delaying the diagnosis of urogenital tuberculosis.Therapeutic advances in urology · 2015Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo improve the approach to the diagnosis and management of urogenital tuberculosis (UGTB), we need clear and unique classification. UGTB remains an important problem, especially in developing countries, but it is often an overlooked disease. As with any other infection, UGTB should be cured by antibacterial therapy, but because of late diagnosis it may often require surgery.
methodsScientific literature dedicated to this problem was critically analyzed and juxtaposed with the author's own more than 30 years' experience in tuberculosis urology.
resultsThe conception, terms and definition were consolidated into one system; classification stage by stage as well as complications are presented. Classification of any disease includes dispersion on forms and stages and exact definitions for each stage. Clinical features and symptoms significantly vary between different forms and stages of UGTB. A simple diagnostic algorithm was constructed.
conclusionsUGTB is multivariant disease and a standard unified approach to it is impossible. Clear definition as well as unique classification are necessary for real estimation of epidemiology and the optimization of therapy. The term 'UGTB' has insufficient information in order to estimate therapy, surgery and prognosis, or to evaluate the epidemiology.
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