Culture proven extra pulmonary tuberculosis: drug susceptibility and genetic profile analysis

Taşbakan M. S., Akdağ D., Kahraman H., Akyol D., Taşbakan M., Çavuşoğlu C.

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, vol.66, no.3, pp.234-238, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 66 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/tt.67376
  • Journal Name: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.234-238
  • Keywords: Tuberculosis, spoligotyping, drug susceptibility, RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT, TURKEY
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Introduction: Tuberculosis is seen generally in the lungs. Besides, all organs in the body can be affected by tuberculosis. Diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is more difficult than pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Although, the isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is gold standard of diagnosis of EPTB, the rate of bacteriologic isolation is low especially in EPTB. If M. tuberculosis is detected, it gives some information about the epidemiological features of the disease and drug susceptibility.