Recurrent urinary tract infection as presenting feature of genito-urinary tuberculosis: reports of two cases

Authors

  • Muhammad Abdur Rahim Associate Professor, Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Mostaque Hossain Assistant Professor, Medicine, Shaheed Taj Uddin Ahmad Medical College, Gazipur, Bangladesh
  • Shahana Zaman Assistant Professor, Cardiology, NICVD, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Khwaja Nazim Uddin Professor, Internal Medicine, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v10i3.48719

Keywords:

genito-urinary tract, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, tuberculosis, urinary tract infection

Abstract

Genito-urinary tract is one of the most common extra-pulmonary sites of involvement by tuberculosis. Genitourinary tuberculosis poses significant diagnostic difficulty; not only because of non-specific symptoms, but also because of lack of diagnostic facility, specially, in resource constrain settings. We report two cases of genito-urinary tuberculosis occurring among Bangladeshi adult females, who presented with recurrent urinary tract infection. Along with other supportive tests, acid fast bacilli were identified on urine examinations.

Birdem Med J 2020; 10(3): 212-214

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Published

2020-08-23

How to Cite

Rahim, M. A., Hossain, M., Zaman, S., & Uddin, K. N. (2020). Recurrent urinary tract infection as presenting feature of genito-urinary tuberculosis: reports of two cases. BIRDEM Medical Journal, 10(3), 212–214. https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v10i3.48719

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2020)

Section

Case Reports