IN World War II, in the United States Army, all patients with tuberculosis — whether pulmonary or otherwise — were sent either to Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, or to Bruns General ...

Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) represents a significant subset of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, affecting the kidneys, ureters, bladder and reproductive organs. The disease typically arises via ...

Genitourinary TB is on the rise, but it is difficult to diagnose, leading to a delay in treatment that worsens renal damage, a urologist warns. The infection manifests as pyelonephritis, renal colic, ...

Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) accounts for up to 40% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases. Rapid tests for GUTB are urgently needed because it is often associated with delayed health-care seeking, ...

THIS serious complication of tuberculosis can now almost always be controlled with nonoperative therapy. Persistent specific chemotherapy, combined with conscientious monitoring by cystoscopic, x-ray ...

A 37-year-old man, who had immigrated from Romania 4 years prior, presented to the emergency department after several months of frequent urination and right-sided lumbar pain. Urine microscopy showed ...