A Clinical Study of Tubercle Bacilli in Urine of the Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
- Author:
Young Hwa PARK
1
;
Hak Song LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Seoul National University Graduate School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
urine tubercle bacilli;
tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Humans;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1962;3(1):29-32
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
One hundred and twenty-six patients with pulmonary tuberculosis having no clinical evidence of genito-urinary tuberculosis were studied for tubercle bacilli in their urine and the following results were obtained 0f 126 patients studied, 5 cases (4.0%) were found having positive tubercle bacilli in urine. of which three were found in the moderately advanced cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and two in the far-advanced. While, in the treated group of 56 with anti-tuberculous drugs for pulmonary tuberculosis, three cases were positive for tubercle bacilli in urine, of which two were found in the moderately advanced and one in the far-advanced of pulmonary tuberculosis, two cases were also positive in the non-treated group of 70, of which one was found in the moderately advanced and another in the far-advanced of pulmonary tuberculosis. Two instances of positive tubercle bacilli in urine were found in the group of treatment for less than 6 months and only one in patients having treatment for more than 6 months.
