title: A case study of female genital tuberculosis in a Western European setting.
abstract: We have studied five women with genital tuberculosis (TB), which is an uncommon disease in Western European countries. However, young women that have emigrated from a country with high TB-prevalence and have complaints of unexplained infertility and nonspecific abdominal or pelvic symptoms should be checked for this disease. Because genital tuberculosis frequently causes infertility, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial, necessitating rapid microscopic, histological, and microbiological (culture) testing in suspected cases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, Zurich, Switzerland. claudine.kocher@usz.ch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kocher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friedl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*