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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4068-4070, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01162-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Association of Tuberculous Endometritis with Infertility and Other Gynecological Complaints of Women in India{triangledown}

P. Kumar,1 N. P. Shah,1 A. Singhal,1,{dagger} D. S. Chauhan,4 V. M. Katoch,4 S. Mittal,2 S. Kumar,2 M. K. Singh,3 S. Datta Gupta,3 and H. K. Prasad1*

Departments of Biotechnology,1 Obstetrics and Gynaecology,2 Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India,3 National JALMA Institute of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Tajganj, Agra 282001, India4

Received 19 June 2008/ Accepted 30 September 2008

Endometrial biopsy samples derived from 393 patients with assorted gynecological complaints were investigated for mycobacterial infection. By employment of four different techniques, mycobacterial pathogens were detected irrespective of the nature/type of clinical complaint. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the predominant pathogen detected among the samples investigated.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. Phone: 91 11 26594994. Fax: 91 11 26588663. E-mail: hk_prasad{at}hotmail.com

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 October 2008.

{dagger} Present address: Laboratory of Molecular Pathology of Tuberculosis, Pasteur Institute, 642 rue Engeland, Brussels B-1180, Belgium.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4068-4070, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01162-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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