Tuberculosis of the genitourinary system

Urol Nurs. 2007 Aug;27(4):279-84, 321; quiz 285.

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly infectious disease. Pulmonary TB cases have decreased; yet, extrapulmonary cases such as genitourinary TB have not (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005). Health care awareness of the clinical features of genitourinary TB is necessary to effectively treat patients with this disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Tuberculosis, Urogenital* / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Urogenital* / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Urogenital* / physiopathology
  • Tuberculosis, Urogenital* / surgery

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents