Incidence of genital tuberculosis in infertile patients submitted to diagnostic laparoscopy: recent experience in an Italian university hospital.
The incidence of genital tuberculosis is decreasing in industrialized countries. The authors report their experience in 254 patients with primary or secondary infertility. Out of 101 patients with a tubal factor of infertility, two patients were diagnosed as having tuberculosis by both endometrial biopsy and endometrial culture. In a third patient, even in the presence of laparoscopic findings suggesting genital tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated only from the urine.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
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Marana
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Muzii
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Muscatello
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Dell'Acqua
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D010535:Laparoscopy; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*