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Epidemiology of Urogenital Tuberculosis as a Part of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

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To estimate epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and particularly urogenital tuberculosis (UGTB) first to unify the terminology is necessary. We insist the term “Urogenital tuberculosis” instead of “Genitourinary tuberculosis”, and consider “Extrapulmonary tuberculosis” as specific TB lesion of all organs, excluding bronchus, lungs, pleura and intrathoracic broncho-pulmonal lymph nodes. And even if all authors mean the same form of TB – proportions of prevalence, male:female ration, age-render correlation are incredible different, even in neighbor regions. Many cases of EPTB and UGTB remain undiagnosed and, accordingly, patients are bereaved of correct therapy.

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Kulchavenya, E. (2014). Epidemiology of Urogenital Tuberculosis as a Part of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis. In: Urogenital Tuberculosis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04837-6_2

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