PURPOSE To evaluate the feasibility of the interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) as a supplementary diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB). MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-seven patients who were tested with the IGRA to diagnose GUTB were included. All patients had clinical or radiologic features suspicious for GUTB. Signs and symptoms included chronic dysuria with...

background: one of the main causes of sexually transmitted diseases is group b β- hemolytic streptococci (gbs) multiplying in the genital tracts. penicillin is the most common drug for the treatment of infections caused by these bacteria, but in patients suffering from penicillin allergy, erythromycin and clindamycin are used as alternative therapeutic drugs against gbs. recently, resistance to...

G. P., aI 55-year-old man was admitted to the hospital onI March 28, 1953, with abdominal pain of 1 week's (luration, cough, and dyspnea. The pain radiated to the chest, back, and interscapular region. There was a history of genitourinary and skeletal tuberculosis dating back to 1919, and the left epididymis and left kidney had been removed. Hypertension had been present for 6 or 7 years. Since...