Genitourinary Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive Review of a Neglected Manifestation in Low-Endemic Countries

Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) represents a disease often underestimated by urological specialists, particularly in settings such as the European one, where the pathology is less frequent. Similar to other uncommon diseases at these latitudes, GUTB is a neglected clinical problem. In this light,...

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Published in:	Antibiotics
Main Authors:	Guglielmo Mantica, Francesca Ambrosini, Niccolò Riccardi, Enrico Vecchio, Lorenzo Rigatti, Aldo Franco De Rose, André Van der Merwe, Carlo Terrone, Riccardo Bartoletti, Gernot Bonkat
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Subjects:	GUTB genitourinary tuberculosis tuberculosis TB extrapulmonary TB urogenital TB
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/11/1399

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