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Urogenital Tuberculosis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Therapy Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 Edition
Author(s): Ekaterina Kulchavenya (Author)
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 23 Aug. 2016
- Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Language: English
- Print length: 152 pages
- ISBN-10: 3319346024
- ISBN-13: 9783319346021
Book Description
This book approaches the classification, pathogenesis, diagnostic, therapy and surgery for kidney tuberculosis as well as male genital tuberculosis. The reader will find recent data on epidemiology, many interesting history cases with illustrations and new methods for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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From the Back Cover
Many years ago the famous Russian TB-urologist professor Vilghelm Grund called Urogenital Tuberculosis (UGTB) a “great hoaxer”, and until today UGTB is an unsolved problem. Clinical features of UGTB are flexible and variable, UGTB mimics numerous other diseases that result in delayed diagnosis. This book approaches the classification, pathogenesis, diagnostic, therapy and surgery for kidney tuberculosis as well as male genital tuberculosis. The reader will find recent data on epidemiology, many interesting history cases with illustrations and new methods for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
About the Author
Ekaterina Kulchavenya is a principal researcher of Novosibirsk Research TB Institute and professor of Novosibirsk Medical University. She has published more than 55 papers in reputed journals and 8 monographs and she is an author of chapters on urogenital tuberculosis in Russian National Guideline on Urology and in International Consultation on Urological Diseases. Prof. Kulchavenya is an author of many new patented techniques which significantly improved the therapy for extrapulmonary tuberculosis as well as prostate and bladder diseases.
