Objectives: This study was performed to evaluate the rate of diagnosed female genital
tuberculosis and its presentational symptoms and methods of diagnosis. Methods: A total of
3088 cases of tuberculosis (TB) who had been registered and treated in the Health Center of
Fars Province from 1989 to 1999 were retrospectively studied. From this group, 46 women
were diagnosed as having genital TB. The diagnosis in 41 cases was based on the standard
pathological criteria of tissue specimens. The other five cases were excluded from this study …

Background Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is a Mycobacterium infection in the
reproductive organs which often leads to infertility. FGTB is either asymptomatic or causes
uncharacteristic clinical presentations, making an early diagnosis is challenging. Our aims
were to evaluate the clinical presentations, the process to confirm the diagnosis and
followed-up the patients who had undergone laparoscopy at our center. FGTB has been
reported from many countries, but has never been reported from Indonesia. Here we present …