Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, Zurich, Switzerland.
Infection. 2011 Feb;39(1):59-63. doi: 10.1007/s15010-010-0066-4. Epub 2010 Dec 10.
We have studied five women with genital tuberculosis (TB), which is an uncommon disease in Western European countries. However, young women that have emigrated from a country with high TB-prevalence and have complaints of unexplained infertility and nonspecific abdominal or pelvic symptoms should be checked for this disease. Because genital tuberculosis frequently causes infertility, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial, necessitating rapid microscopic, histological, and microbiological (culture) testing in suspected cases.
我们研究了五例生殖器结核（TB）患者，这种疾病在西欧国家并不常见。然而，从结核病高发国家移民而来、有不明原因不孕和非特异性腹部或盆腔症状的年轻女性，应检查是否患有这种疾病。由于生殖器结核常导致不孕，因此早期诊断和治疗至关重要，在疑似病例中需要快速进行显微镜检查、组织学检查和微生物学（培养）检查。
