Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 31st, 1997
Researchers from Bombay, India's Jaslok Hospital and Research Center found that 39 percent of the women with tubal factor infertility included in their study had pelvic tuberculosis.
Patients with tubal damage vary from those who have had prior tubal ligation to those with extensive peritubal and periovarian disease and damaged and occluded tubes.
In the Indian subcontinent, tuberculosis is a common infectious disease. Forty percent of the population is exposed to tuberculosis.
In this study,...
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