Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 314-317, March 2010

Rapid identification of tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis by INNO-LiPA Rif TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube tests: case report

  • Jolanta Paluch-Oleś

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
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  • Agnieszka Magryś

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48-0-81-742-37-81; fax: +48-0-81-742-37-81.
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  • Ewa Kot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Regional Railway Hospital, Lublin, Poland
    • ,
  • Maria Kozioł-Montewka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland

Received 27 July 2009; accepted 30 September 2009. published online 09 November 2009.

Abstract 

Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is often missed or delayed because of nonspecific clinical and laboratory findings. Novel detection methods, such as polymerase chain reaction and QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In Tube, can aid in the diagnosis of active extrapulmonary TB. Here, we demonstrate a case of epididymo-orchitis as the sole presentation of TB in a 32-year-old man.

Keywords: Epididymo-orchitis, Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, PCR, QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In Tube

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PII: S0732-8893(09)00406-4

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.020

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 314-317, March 2010

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