Rapid identification of tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis by INNO-LiPA Rif TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube tests: case report

Jolanta Paluch-Oleś; Agnieszka Magryś; Ewa Kot; Maria Kozioł-Montewka

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.020

Rapid identification of tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis by INNO-LiPA Rif TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube tests: case report

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;66(3):314-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.020. Epub 2009 Nov 6.

Authors

Jolanta Paluch-Oleś¹, Agnieszka Magryś, Ewa Kot, Maria Kozioł-Montewka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.

PMID: 19896792
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.020

Abstract

Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is often missed or delayed because of nonspecific clinical and laboratory findings. Novel detection methods, such as polymerase chain reaction and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube, can aid in the diagnosis of active extrapulmonary TB. Here, we demonstrate a case of epididymo-orchitis as the sole presentation of TB in a 32-year-old man.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods*
Epididymitis / diagnostic imaging
Epididymitis / drug therapy
Epididymitis / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Orchitis / diagnostic imaging
Orchitis / drug therapy
Orchitis / microbiology*
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Rifampin / therapeutic use
Testis / diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Male Genital / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Male Genital / diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Male Genital / drug therapy
Ultrasonography

Substances

Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Rifampin