title: [Genital tuberculosis and surgical treatment of it].
abstract: The paper presents the specific features of diagnosis and clinical course of genital tuberculosis under the present conditions. It shows it expedient to make a differential diagnosis of genital tuberculosis in 2 steps: 1) the use of the routine examination and 2) the study of specific antituberculous immunity. Genital tuberculosis risk groups to be obligatorily examined at a specialized tuberculosis control facility are identified. The specific features of the clinical course of genital tuberculosis, such as aptness to exudative processes, a combination with extragenital tuberculosis and hormonally depended gynecological diseases are noted. Indications for and efficiency of endosurgical interventions in genital tuberculosis are shown.
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Zhuchenko
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Stepanova
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Gulua
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000601:surgery*; D014389:Tuberculosis, Male Genital / Q000601:surgery*