A Clinical Study of I.V.P. and Tubercle Bacilli in Urine of the Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Baek, Myoung Wook

Abstract

Sixty-nine pulmonary tuberculosis patients with no clinical evidence of genito-urinary tuberculosis were studied of I.V.P. and tubercle bacilli in their urine and the following results were obtained: Of 69 patients studied, 3 cases (4.34%) were found having positive tubercle bacilli in their urine of which two were found in the thirty-two moderately advanced cases and one was found in twenty-one far-advanced of their pulmonary tuberculosis. One of three was treated irregularly with anti-tuberculous triple therapy during about seven months and two were not treated Of 69 patients studied, 3 cases (4.34%) were found having positive intravenous pyelographic examination, of which two cases were group 1 of Lattimer's classification and one was group 3. Two of these were found in moderately advanced pulmonary tuberculosis and one was far-advanced.