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Genitourinary tuberculosis in pediatric surgical practice
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The diagnosis of GUTB must be suspected in patients who present with hematuria (gross or otherwise), epididymoorchitis, and patients with long segment or multiple ureteric strictures, in view of the anticipated resurgence in tuberculosis caused by the prevalence of aquired immunodeficiency syndrome.About:
This article is published in Journal of Pediatric Surgery.The article was published on 1997-09-01. It has received 50 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tuberculosis & Population.read more
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EAU guidelines for the management of genitourinary tuberculosis.
Mete Cek,Severin Lenk,Kurt G. Naber,Michael C. Bishop,Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen,Henry Botto,Magnus Grabe,Bernard Lobel,Juan Palou Redorta,Peter Tenke +9 more
TL;DR: Although chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment, surgery in the form of ablation or reconstruction may be unavoidable and both radical and reconstructive surgery should be carried out in the first 2 months of intensive chemotherapy.
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Urogenital tuberculosis: update and review of 8961 cases from the world literature
TL;DR: Data point to a correlation of the timing of diagnosis with the severity of urogenital tuberculosis, and a systematic search for urogenITAL tuberculosis, regardless of symptoms, is warranted for early detection.
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Clinical presentation and diagnostic approach in cases of genitourinary tuberculosis
TL;DR: GUTB can involve any part of the genitourinary system and presentation may vary from vague urinary symptoms to chronic kidney disease, and newer tests like radiometric liquid culture systems and polymerase chain reaction give rapid results and carry high diagnostic value.
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Urogenital tuberculosis - epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical features.
TL;DR: Patients who have had a renal transplant, have HIV infection, receive immunosuppressive therapies, have diabetes, have COPD and those undergoing dialysis often experience reactivation of latent TB infection.
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Isolated tuberculous epididymitis: a review of forty cases.
TL;DR: Tuberculous epididymitis can be the sole presentation of genitourinary tuberculosis.
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Campbell's urology
TL;DR: Pediatric Urology Normal and Anomalous Development of the Urogenital System Renal Function in the Fetus, Neonate, and Child Perinatal Urology Evaluation of the Pediatric Urologic Patient Renal Disease in Childhood Urinary Tract.
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Clinical pediatric urology
TL;DR: Clinical Pediatric Urology, with a section on nephritis and allied diseases in infancy and childhood by Elvira Goettsch, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.S., and John D. Lyttle; 1951.
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Extrapulmonary tuberculosis revisited: a review of experience at Boston City and other hospitals.
TL;DR: Observations indicate that extrapulmonary tuberculosis still occurs with substantial frequency among patients seen in "inner-city" hospitals and that its recognition may be complicated by its occurrence in older patients with other medical conditions.
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Male Genital Tuberculosis: A Review of the Literature with Instructive Case Reports
TL;DR: Tuberculous genital infection can be confused with other bacterial infections, fungal disease, tumors, and cysts as well as with a number of less common illnesses.
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Genitourinary tuberculosis. A study of 1117 cases over a period of 34 years.
TL;DR: Patients with genitourinary tuberculosis treated over a period of 34 years show that the results of short-course chemotherapy are satisfactory and confirm that there is no need to extend chemotherapy beyond 4 months, except in unusual circumstances.