Abstract: This review was aiming to overview the urinary tract tuberculosis or as it’s called in many studies urogenital TB (UGTB) from many different aspects, and we intended to more discuss the diagnostic and treatment approaches for this urological infectious disease. An electronic search was performed through Midline, and Embase databases for relevant subject to urinary tract tuberculosis that was published up to December 2016 in English language and contain only human subject, we used Mesh terms in searching the Pubmed database which are; “urogenital TB” Or “UGTB” Or “urinary tract tuberculosis” Or “extrapulmonary TB” combined with “diagnosis” AND “screening” Or “therapy” Or “management”. We have included most of evidence based trails which were discussing the diagnosis and treatment of UGTB in every population stages. Tuberculosis has a high incidence in developing countries. he insidious beginning and non-specific constitutional symptoms of genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) often lead to postponed diagnosis and quick development to a non-functioning kidney. Due to hematogenous dissemination of TB, there is a potential risk of participation of the contralateral kidney too. Imaging plays a crucial function in the making of a prompt medical diagnosis and in the planning of treatment, and therefore helps to prevent complications such as kidney failure. Imaging of GUTB still remains a difficulty, primarily on account of the dearth of literature, especially related to the use of the newer modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Keywords: urinary tract tuberculosis, extrapulmonary TB, diagnosis, screening, therapy, urogenital TB, UGTB.
Title: Overview of Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Tuberculosis
Author: Salman Assal Hanif Melhem, Saud mohammad altowerqi, Abdulsalam rashed alshehri, Assaf Nahar Alsulami, Nasser Abdulaziz Almohaya, Hamdan Ahmed ALFaer, osama abdulaziz albaqqar
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
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