A Clinical Study of I.V.P. and Tubercle Bacilli in Urine of the Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
- Author:
Myoung Wook BAEK
1
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Capital Military Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
I,V,P;
tubercle bacilli;
tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Classification;
Humans;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1971;12(3):297-301
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Sixty-nine pulmonary tuberculosis patients with no clinical evidence of genito-urinary tuberculosis were studied of I.V.P. and tubercle bacilli in their urine and the following results were obtained: Of 69 patients studied, 3 cases (4.34%) were found having positive tubercle bacilli in their urine of which two were found in the thirty-two moderately advanced cases and one was found in twenty-one far-advanced of their pulmonary tuberculosis. One of three was treated irregularly with anti-tuberculous triple therapy during about seven months and two were not treated Of 69 patients studied, 3 cases (4.34%) were found having positive intravenous pyelographic examination, of which two cases were group 1 of Lattimer's classification and one was group 3. Two of these were found in moderately advanced pulmonary tuberculosis and one was far-advanced.
