title: The molecular diagnosis of pelvic tuberculosis: a case report.
abstract: Tuberculosis is a re-emerging infectious disease. A retrospective analysis was made of the clinical history of a 48-year-old woman in April 2009; she was a secretary at a third-level hospital living in an urban area. Pelvic tubercular infection was suggested as a possible diagnosis; spoligotyping molecular methodology was used on a peritoneal secretion sample to confirm such diagnosis and confirmed the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (octal code 777777777760771, SIT 53, Family T1).
authors.affiliation: Universidad Militar Nueva Granda, Bogotá, Colombia. afaccini@gmail.com
authors.forename: Álvaro A
authors.initials: ÁA
authors.lastname: Faccini-Martínez
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espinal
authors.forename: Jimena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jojoa
authors.forename: Ivonne
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montes
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nilse González
authors.forename: Luz Ángela
authors.initials: LÁ
authors.lastname: Pescador
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valderrama-Beltrán
authors.forename: Wellman
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ribón
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D058889:Molecular Typing / Q000379:methods*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000175:diagnosis*