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ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2021

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Presenting as a Testicular Mass: A Case Report.

Edwin Nuwagira, Mitala Yekosani, Birungi Abraham, Raymond Atwine, Tuhumwire Caleb, Joseph Baruch Baluku

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Article in International medical case reports journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Edwin NuwagiraDepartment of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0001-7526-9504
Mitala YekosaniDepartment of Pathology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Birungi AbrahamDepartment of Pathology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Raymond AtwineDepartment of Pathology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Tuhumwire CalebDepartment of Surgery, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Joseph Baruch BalukuDivision of Pulmonology, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0002-5852-9674
Mbarara University of Science and Technology · UGMulago Hospital · UG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExtrapulmonary drug-resistant tuberculosis is extremely rare and is almost always associated with poor treatment outcomes. This is partly due to the difficulty in confirming the diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 40-year-old HIV-negative male presented with a painless scrotal mass, low-grade fever, general malaise, night sweats, and no pulmonary symptoms. He was initially treated for malaria with no improvement. His final diagnosis was rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis following Xpert

conclusionWith the scale-up of Gene-Xpert technology, this case raises awareness about tuberculosis masquerading as a testicular mass and the possibility of extrapulmonary drug-resistant tuberculosis in high endemic areas.

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drug-resistant tuberculosisextrapulmonary tuberculosisgenitourinary tuberculosissub-Saharan Africatuberculous orchitisUganda

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PMID33688269
PMCPMC7936665
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