title: Testicular tuberculosis in multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.
abstract: We report a rare case of multidrug-resistant pulmonary and testicular tuberculosis (TB) in a 25-year-old immunocompetent patient. The patient was suspected to have a testicular cancer. He underwent radical orchiectomy, and surgical pathology revealed a granuloma containing acid-fast bacilli in the testis. Bronchial washing fluid culture grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol. To our knowledge, this patient represents the first case of testicular TB in multidrug-resistant pulmonary TB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, 1-10, Ami-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, 602-739, Korea.
authors.forename: Joo Wan
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Chang Jun
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Tae Kyun
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong Ha
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Mok
authors.forename: Mi Hyun
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kwangha
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ki Uk
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hye-Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Min Ki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014389:Tuberculosis, Male Genital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis