OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to analyze the clinical and laparoscopic features, which may help to differentiate between infertility in females due to Genital Tuberculosis from Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) and Endometriosis. METHODS This case control study was carried out in a teaching tertiary care hospital. Medical records were searched from 1st January 1987 to 31st December...

The morbidity and mortality due to tuberculosis (TB) is high worldwide, and the burden of disease among women is significant, especially in developing countries. Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli reach the genital tract primarily by haematogenous spread and dissemination from foci outside the genitalia with lungs as the common primary focus. Genital TB in females is a chronic disease with low-...

Background: The aim of the study was to frequency female genital tract infection using cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT), sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative value and diagnostic accuracy CBNAAT.Methods: This prospective observational conducted among 100 patients as per inclusion criteria with in Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut over ...

BACKGROUND Asymptomatic female genital tuberculosis can impair tubal and endometrial function and later present as subfertility. A majority of the patients with genital tuberculosis in endemic regions present with subfertility and the delay in presentation, coupled with the potential the disease has in mimicking other gynecological conditions, renders it elusive. In addition to the challenge of...

Methods A prospective case-control study was undertaken. A total of 302 endo-ovarian tissue biopsies collected from 202 infertile women highly suspected of having genital tuberculosis on laparoscopic examination and from 100 control women of reproductive age. All specimens tested by conventional/phenotypic methods were later compared with multi-gene/ multi-primer PCR method using four sets of p...

Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive by at least one year of unprotected intercourse. Treatment may be started earlier in case of an obvious cause or advanced age of the couple. Genital tuberculosis is an important cause of subfertility, more so in endemic zones such as South India. Still, the true epidemiology of this disease remains unknown due to lack of highly sensitive and s...

Genital tuberculosis contributes to infertility in a significant proportion of females in developing countries. Although tuberculous salpingitis is not infrequent, it is rarely associated with pregnancy. We present here a case of special interest and rarity of a 27 year old female presenting with ruptured tubal ectopic pregnancy complicating tuberculous salpingitis. [ Ramraje S NJIRM 2014; 5(4)...