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

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;66(3):314-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.020. Epub 2009 Nov 6.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods*
  • Epididymitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Epididymitis / drug therapy
  • Epididymitis / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Orchitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Orchitis / drug therapy
  • Orchitis / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Testis / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Male Genital / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Male Genital / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Male Genital / drug therapy
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • Rifampin