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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021

Limited role of GeneXpert in peritoneal fluid in the diagnosis of genital tuberculosis in infertile women.

Smriti Agrawal, Surya Kant, Vinita Das, Amita Jain, Shambhavi Mishra

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Smriti AgrawalDepartments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Surya KantDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vinita DasDepartments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Amita JainDepartment of Microbiology, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Shambhavi MishraDepartment of Statistics, Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
King George's Medical University · INUniversity of Lucknow · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesGenital tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of infertility in women that poses many challenges in diagnosis. The study is done to understand the utility of GeneXpert test in peritoneal fluid in the diagnosis of genital TB in infertile women.

methodsAll infertile women in postmenstrual phase who were planned for laparoscopy in study period were included. Women who were already on anti-TB therapy were excluded. Peritoneal fluid/washings were retrieved during laparoscopy to test for

resultsIn a total of 57 women, 8 (14.03%) women were diagnosed with TB on the basis of laparoscopy or microbiological or histopathological tests. Six women had caseating tubercles in pelvis, of them two women had presence of mycobacterium on smear, one woman also had positive liquid culture. In two women endometrial smear was positive. None of the women had a positive GeneXpert test in peritoneal fluid.

conclusionGenital TB is a clinical problem in infertile women. Even in women with confirmed genital TB the peritoneal fluid/washings were negative for mycobacterium. GeneXpert did not pick

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CBNAATextrapulmonary tuberculosisgenital tuberculosismolecular testsPCR

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