Vaginal tuberculosis in an elderly kidney transplant recipient.
Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is extremely rare in post-menopausal women. A 59-year-old woman developed vaginal tuberculosis one year after receiving a kidney transplant from a living donor. Her complaints included abdominal pain, fever, and weight loss. Furthermore, her tuberculin skin test was negative. She was successfully treated with quadruple anti-TB therapy for 6 months.
Nephrology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Eghlim
E
Nemati
Saeed
S
Taheri
Mohammad Hossein
MH
Nourbala
Behzad
B
Einollahi
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019520:Living Donors; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015431:Weight Loss
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents