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Evaluation of Patients with Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis for Genital Involvement
Author(s) -
Aka Nurettin,
Vural E. Zeynep Tuzcular
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1997.tb00854.x
Subject(s) - medicine , genital tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , sex organ , infertility , tuberculosis , curettage , mycobacterium tuberculosis , gynecology , surgery , pathology , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Fifty‐seven women hospitalized for active pulmonary tuberculosis were evaluated for genital involvement using menstrual blood culture, curettage and hystero‐salpingography. Seven patients (12.3%) were diagnosed as genital tuberculosis. Infertility was present in 71.4% of our patients.