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Urinary tract tuberculosis in a child with late presentation posterior urethral valves

Lewis Jeremy Johnson¹, Andre van der Merwe², Christel Du Bussion², Richard Anthony Santucci¹, Christopher Heyns²

1 Department of Urology, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA
2 Departments of Urology and Pediatric Nephrology, Stellenbosch Hospital, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Address correspondence to Dr. Andre van der Merwe, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University & Tygerberg Hospital, PO Box 19063, Francie van Zijl Rylaan, Tygerberg 7505 South Africa

Canadian Journal of Urology 2014, 21(1), 7154-7156.

Abstract

A case is reported of urinary tract tuberculosis in a 7-year-old boy with a history of late presentation posterior urethral valves. Persistent hydroureteronephrosis after valve ablation at the age of 5 years and a draining urinary fistula from the site where a suprapubic catheter had been inserted prior to valve surgery alerted to the possibility of urinary tract tuberculosis.

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