Tuberculosis at vulva and vagina.
A 60- year-old woman, gravid 4, para 4-0-0-4 was admitted to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Khon Kaen University due to chronic extensive painful genital ulcer. She was treated by antiviral and antifungal regimens but the ulcer persisted. After acid fast bacilli was found on tissue biopsy, a standard 6- month course of antituberculosis was started. One month after treatment, the ulcer was completely cured.
Buppasiri
Pranom
P
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. bprano@kku.ac.th
Temtanakitpaisan
Teerayut
T
Somboonporn
Woraluk
W
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017698:Postmenopause; D013785:Thailand; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents