Aging and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A 90 Year Old Case with Testicular Tuberculosis

FİKRET KANAT, TURGUT TEKE

  • Year : 2006
  • Vol : 22
  • Issue : 4
  •  Page : 191-194
Aim: Acute or chronic diseases, malnutrition, and the biological changes reagarding to aging can disrupt protective barriers, impair clearance mechanisms, and contribute to the expected age-related diminution in cellular immune responses to microorganisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Case Report: A 90 year old patient with the diagnosis of testicular tuberculosis after an operation because of a mass in testis was treated with isoniazide, rifampicin, ethambutol and morphozinamide. Conclusion: The extrapulmonary tuberculosis risk may increase in the elderly together with the increase in tuberculosis because aging may reduce the effectiveness of the body's immune system.
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Aging and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A 90 Year Old Case with Testicular Tuberculosis
, Vol. 22 (4)
Received : 10.03.2006, Accepted : 10.03.2006, Published Online : 30.09.2020
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