[Is urogenital tuberculosis a current disease still?].
In 1991, the epidemiology service of the health department of La Rioja announced that the number of deaths and new cases were higher than the national average (45/100,000 in 1991). Our service detected 16 new cases of urogenital tuberculosis during 1990-1991. The most common clinical symptoms being urgency and frequency. The bacteriological diagnosis using the Lowenstein-Jensen culture medium was positive in 87.50% of the cases. Anomalies were detected in 87.50% of the urographic analyses, the more frequently observed being infundibular involvement. Polychemotherapy consisting of rifampicin, ethambutol and isoniazid was administered for a period of 9 months in all of the cases, which resulted in negative cultures in 100% of the patients. Control evaluation was performed every 3 months, including CBK and serial bacilloscopy, biochemical assays, renal ultrasound, examination of eye grounds (1st trimester), chest X-ray and sputum bacilloscopy. Only endourological methods were utilized, except in one patient with coexisting congenital stricture of the pyeloureteric junction.
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Servicio de Urología, Complejo Hospitalario San Millán-San Pedro, Logroño, La Rioja, España.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014401:Tuberculosis, Urogenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy
Es todavía la tuberculosis urogenital una enfermedad actual?