Genitourinary tuberculosis
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Diagnosis of Genitourinary Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is a major health problem that causes significant morbidity and mortality in the world [1]. The first evidence of TB in men and animals is provided by bone findingsmainly fragments of the vertebra showing the gibbus deformity of Pott disease [2]. The oldest examples of spinal TB was about date of 8000 BC. Because of the symptom variet...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sri Lanka Journal of Urology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1391-6343
DOI: 10.4038/slju.v10i1.2411