Open AccessIncidence, etiopathogenesis and pathological aspects of genitourinary tuberculosis in India: A journey revisited
Author(s) -
Prasenjit Das,
Arvind Ahuja,
Siddhartha Datta Gupta
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.42618
Subject(s) - medicine , pathological , genitourinary system , incidence (geometry) , tuberculosis , pathology , physics , optics
Tuberculosis is one of the major health problems in India. Genitourinary tuberculosis comprises 20% of all extrapulmonary tuberculosis, and is the most common extrapulmonary system to be affected by this disease. The recent surge in the incidence of HIV-infected patients in India has further ignited the fury. Though the members of the Mycobacterium species are well identified, the incidence could not be controlled due to its complex etiopathogenesis and genetic background.