title: Evaluation of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis for genital involvement.
abstract: Fifty-seven women hospitalized for active pulmonary tuberculosis were evaluated for genital involvement using menstrual blood culture, curettage and hysterosalpinogography. Seven patients (12.3%) were diagnosed as genital tuberculosis. Infertility was present in 71.4% of our patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haydarpasa Numune State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aka
authors.forename: E Z
authors.initials: EZ
authors.lastname: Vural
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003475:Curettage; D004717:Endometrium / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D008598:Menstruation / Q000097:blood*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015995:Prevalence; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology