BACKGROUND Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) has an increasing rate in Turkey. The reason remains largely unknown. A better understanding of the demographic and microbial characteristics of EPTB in the Turkish population would extend the knowledgebase of EPTB and allow us to develop better strategies to control tuberculosis (TB). METHODS We retrospectively evaluated clinical and laboratory d...

In the last decade a significant rise in the prevalence of tuberculosis as well as in its extrapulmonary manifestations is detected worldwide. The central nervous system, the genitourinary tract, the organs of the abdomen and the skeletal system, are common sites of infection. Misdiagnosis and delay in treatment are common events. Herein, we present a case of a 78-year-old man non-smoker, with ...

Urolithiasis leading to renal failure is a very common occurrence. But if the patient is co-infected with genitourinary tuberculosis, then it becomes all the more unusual and challenging, especially if the patient is immunocompetent. This patient, who presented to us with bilateral urolithiasis and features of renal failure, underwent left nephrectomy after thorough investigations. The biopsy r...

In this clinical case, a man presented with groin injury on his dominant side, which he apparently sustained in football (soccer) practice the previous day. The was unable to walk unassisted and had be transported wheelchair. consulting practitioner grew suspicious upon finding minimal evidence nothing notable X-ray suggest severe acute injury. A subsequent detailed workup revealed extrapulmona...

TURKISH RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 86 INTRODUCTION The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) disease in Turkey in 2000 was 27/100,000 [12]. Tuberculosis may involve not only lungs but also other tissue and organs by three mechanisms: infective sputum material forming lesions in airways and gastrointestinal system, dissemination of infection from a nearby focus and lympho-hematogenic dissemination [13]. Extra...

Tuberculosis is a disease with myriad presentations and manifestations; it can affect any organ or tissue, excluding only hair and nails. Doctors who are not familiar with extrapulmonary tuberculosis often overlook this disease. Urogenital tuberculosis (UGTB) is the second most common form of TB in countries with severe epidemic situation and the third most common form in regions with low incid...

Recibido: 08/08/2009 Aceptado: 02/10/2009 Introduction Short title: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin disease after intravesical instillation Two exemplary case reports of respiratory granulomatous infection caused by bacillus of Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in patients who were repeatedly treated with local, intravesical adjuvant BCG therapy for a relapsing transitional bladder carcinoma, are outlined and dis...